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- 4 Aug 2024
Content piracy: A complex web of causes
By Frikkie Jonker, director of broadcast cybersecurity and anti-piracy at Irdeto, a partner of Multichoice Africa. Content piracy is acknowledged as having enormously negative social impacts. It is a…
- 23 Mar 2013
Unreported Acts of Piracy Distort overall Figures
Figures showing a reduction in Somalian piracy mask the threat that plagues the Gulf of Aden because Somalian piracy still poses a significant threat as numbers remain high and criminals remain…
- 24 Jul 2017
Police to Set Up Anti-Piracy Unit in All States
The Nigeria Police is to set up anti-piracy unit in all the 36 states of the Federation as well as the Federal Capital Territory to combat the piracy of intellectual property in the country, the…
- 31 Jul 2017
Mohammed Inaugurates Anti-Piracy Committee
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture, on Monday in Abuja inaugurated the Anti-Piracy Committee, charged with working out the modalities to tackle the piracy of creative works in…
- 7 Sept 2017
Sage Commends Nigeria’s Focus on Fighting Piracy
Sage West Africa has welcomed the news that the Nigerian Government is getting tough on piracy in the creative industries with the recent launch of a new Anti-Piracy Committee. The company says that…
- 21 Jul 2023
Copyright Commission Set to Launch Mobile Piracy-Reporting App
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) is set to launch its mobile piracy-reporting app to enable citizens send reports of suspected piracy activities directly to the Commission anonymously. This…
- 13 May 2025
NCC to Checkmate $3Bn Digital Piracy Market
Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has set in motion a machinery to checkmate the booming copyright piracy market in the country. Copyright piracy is said to cost Nigeria an annual loss estimated at…
- 31 Oct 2019
NCC Plans Annual Stakeholders’ Anti-Piracy Awareness Race
An annual run against piracy to boost awareness on the role of copyright as a tool for wealth creation and sustainable national development will soon be initiated by the Nigerian Copyright Commission…
- 14 Dec 2009
Rising Piracy and the Rest of Us
A report by the International Data Corporation (IDC) and Business Software Alliance (BSA) has returned a damning indictment on the state of piracy in Nigeria. Though the report indicates that…
- 22 Jan 2020
FAAN, NCC Partner to Combat Copyright Piracy
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) have committed to the development and implementation of a national anti-piracy strategy to address the sale of…
- 24 Aug 2009
NCC, Police Record Success in Fight against Piracy
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) and Nigerian Police in their collaboration to tackle piracy in Nigeria have once again made great strides with the recent court conviction of Computer Plus Ltd…
- 24 Nov 2008
Microsoft and Capdan Partner against Software Piracy
Microsoft Nigeria and Computer and Allied Products Dealers Association of Nigeria (Capdan) have announced sealing a partnership deal that will help to combat piracy in the IT sector. The…
- 24 May 2010
Nigeria’s Alarming Software Piracy Rate
Internet scams, identity theft, financial scams and spam are too prevalent in Nigeria. All of this, along with rampant software piracy, undermines Nigeria’s economic development and ability to…
- 26 May 2008
Hitv Commends NCC on Piracy War
As the Nigeria Copyrights Commission (NCC) opens a new front in the war against piracy with the recent raiding of Metro-Digital Cable Television, leading Nigerian pay-television platform, HITV, has…
- 4 Jun 2013
W/Africa Heads of State to Meet over Piracy
West African heads of state will meet, maybe as soon as this month, to adopt a code to fight growing piracy in their coastal waters that would include use of arrests, prosecutions and seizures of…
- 9 Nov 2015
Piracy Costs MEA $750m Annually: Time to Change Consumer Mindset- IDC
With consumers across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) becoming more connected and tech-savvy than ever before, the complex issue of content piracy is showing no sign of letting up, according to the…
- 17 Apr 2014
NCC Arrests 30 Persons in Edo, Delta for Alleged Piracy
The Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC) yesterday said no fewer than 30 persons were arrested in Edo and Delta for piracy from August 2013 to date. Augustine Amodu, director of Enforcement, NCC,…
- 17 Jul 2026
NCC, NDLEA Partner to Fight Piracy and Drug Trafficking
Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to fight against piracy and drug trafficking in the country. NCC…
- 8 Dec 2009
Microsoft Flays Action against Software Piracy in Nigeria
Microsoft has announced that a series of raids have taken place in the past month in an attempt to crackdown on software piracy in the country. The Nigerian Copyright Commission, in conjunction…
- 31 Aug 2009
Piracy and Musicians Hunger Strike
Music piracy, the unauthorized duplication and/or distribution of music including downloading, file sharing, and CD-burning has supplanted legitimate business in the industry and has left musicians…
- 17 Dec 2013
Microsoft at Anti-Counterfeiting Roundtable, Addresses Piracy
Microsoft Nigeria, software and devices company has made recommendations on ways to address software piracy at the Anti-Counterfeiting Collaboration of Nigeria (ACC)’s 5th Roundtable. The…
- 24 Sept 2024
Copyright Commission Warns Against Book Piracy
Following recent inspections and anti-piracy operations across the country, the Nigerian Copyright Commission has noticed disturbing trends in the distribution of pirated books through schools,…
- 7 Mar 2013
Piracy is Killing Nigerian Economy-Onyeje
Emmanuel Onyeje, country manager, Microsoft (Nigeria), has warned that piracy, particularly in the IT industry pose a huge problem to the Nigeria’s economy. Onyeje also spoke of efforts by Microsoft…
- 24 Apr 2014
Piracy Worse than Armed Robbery-NCC
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has described piracy as a crime that is worse than robbery, adding that theft of intellectual property kills a country’s economy and the creative ability of…
- 29 Feb 2016
FG to Partner with Creative Industry to Fight Piracy
Federal Government has said it will work with relevant bodies to fight the piracy of intellectual property in the country, while saying the establishment of a National Endowment for the Arts will…
- 4 Apr 2016
FG Moves to Curb N82Bn Yearly Loss to Software Piracy
Saddened by the hyper-increase in illicit activities such as software piracy, counterfeiting, intellectual property theft, the Federal Government through the Ministry of Communications, has vowed to…
- 13 Dec 2022
NCC Embarks on Anti-Piracy Campaign in Lagos
AS part of its efforts to curtail the proliferation of prated works in Lagos State, the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) carried out an anti-piracy sensitisation campaign in different areas of the…
- 11 Jan 2016
Piracy in the Middle East & Africa – Time to Change the Consumer Mindset Says IDC
With consumers across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) becoming more connected and tech-savvy than ever before, the complex issue of content piracy is showing no sign of letting up, according to the…
- 17 Sept 2019
NCC Says Creative Sector Under Threat Because of Piracy
Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has said that Nigeria’s creative sector was under threat from piracy and content counterfeiters. This was made known by John Asein, director-general, NCC,…
- 3 Dec 2021
Kolawole, UP Boss Seeks more Funding for Copyright Commission to Tackle Piracy
Mr. Samuel Kolawole, the Managing Director of University Press Plc, has described piracy as a major challenge threatening to run publishing companies out of business in Nigeria. Kolawole, who said…