Nigerian actress, Stephanie Okereke might lose a fortune soon after being dragged to court for copyright infringement.
Nigerian actress, Stephanie Okereke
Nollywood actress, Stephanie Okereke, has been slammed with a N100m
(about $318,000) lawsuit by an author identified as Daniella Madudu for
alleged copyright infringement of her book titled: “Behind Her Veil.”
In the law suit, Madudu claimed that major parts of her book were
lifted and used without any form of acknowledgement to her in Stephanie
Okereke’s movie – “Dry”
According to a DailyPost report, the author alleged that she gave
the manuscripts of the book to one of her friends, Joy Ndidi, who later
became Stephanie’s Personal Assistant, to edit; only for her to see
major excerpts of her book revealed in Stephanie Okereke Linus’ movie,
Dry.
But the actress in a statement maintained that her movie had been
registered with the National Copyright Commission since 2012, while the
book was officially published in 2014.
The actress also stated that the said book has never been
registered with the NCC till date. She further said that her movie ‘DRY
‘was shot in a bid to lend her voice to the child not bride campaign.
However, the actress admitted receiving a letter from one Rafiu
Bello acting on behalf of Daniella Madudu on May 19, accusing her of
appropriation of an ‘original literary work’ that was allegedly stolen
from her by Joy Ndidi.
Okereke Linus said that among many other things, the letter
demanded that she credits Madudu with ownership of her work, pay the sum
of N60,000,000 (about $190,000) and royalties, or face a ‘campaign of
calumny.’
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