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The concept of Copyright has its foundational purpose on the reward for hard work, that oneshould reap where he sows and vice versa. However the achievement of this purpose has provento be more challenging than envisaged. Ever since 1988, the Copyright has made provisions forbodies known as collective societies to go about this function of Protection of copyright, but it might be too generous to say they have done a job well done. A comparison of the Copyright enforcement in Nigeria with that of other foreign states liketheUS would see that these foreign states have higher cases of litigation for copyright. This might beg the question of why this is the case in the first place. Nevertheless the challenges still persist in these foreign states. As far as Nigeria is concerned, would the Copyright Act, 2022helptoameliorate these challenges, giving us better results in terms of enforcement or is this just another chapter from the past? Supposedly, the advent of the internet would no longer be a burden on the administrrabilityandenforcements of copyright in Nigeria, especially with the newly promulgated Copyrights Act of2022. However will this be a conclusion too early made? On the surface level we canseethesteps being made by the Copyrights Commission in collaboration with the Nigerian legislaturetoensure that these rights are better protected, a critical look will also show that the basic problemsmight still remain unsolved. Could it be that these laws along with the functions of the NCCandthe Collective societies , even go against the wishes of the artist they claimto protect?Inasmuch as the purpose for copyright is to reward creativity, these creatives can only be rewardedwith respect to their popularity, but if the Copyrights Act works against this popularity howthencan we achieve the aim of reward?
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