African Intellectual Property Jurisprudence- #SamiáiRêportÍ

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I spoke with Law students at Vishwakarma University, Pune in India during their gender inclusivity and parity conference recently.

Here is part of that talk.

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In a short talk to a group of IP mentees I explored how the Classic Nollywood industry birthed the current Nigerian indigenous Comedy industry-Naija comedy. I also examined the AI creative jurisprudence and the need for IP lawyers to gear up towards uncharted legal territories in rights protection and downstream economic advisory roles.

Nollywood, the Nigerian audiovisual industry is among the world’s biggest film industries currently. Globally, Hollywood of the United States and Bollywood of India occupy the first and second position hierarchically in terms of cinematic impact. One of the derivatives creations of the classical Nollywood is the birth of a subset industry, which this paper refers to as Naija- comedy. This short paper seeks to analyze the intersection of a strong copyright regime and indigenous creativity using traditional and ingenious Nigerian comedy, that began initially from a place of sheer recreation and entertainment but has become a niche entrepreneurial brand as a focal take of point in the discussion on the African creative industries.

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I spoke virtually to a group of mentees, which included students and emerging professionals within the intellectual property field about legal ethics and the adherence to Rule of Professional Responsibility of the legal profession.

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African Intellectual Property & Traveling

Ibn Battutah stated in THE TRAVELS OF IBN BATTUTAH that "Traveling-it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller"

In this episode I reiterate the sentiments of Ibn Battutah, that Traveling from my experience and recordings can impel great IP scholarship, expressions and knowledge.

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An exciting Talk with law students, legal scholars and the academic community today (30/01/2025)How law schools (colleges of law) should manage the intervention of Artificial Intelligence in legal scholarship particularly in the Global South.

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An exciting Talk with law students, legal scholars and the academic community today (30/01/2025)How law schools (colleges of law) should manage the intervention of Artificial Intelligence in legal scholarship particularly in the Global South

Full broadcast available on Apple Podcasts, iHeartradio, Amazon Music and all other streaming platforms

#artificialintelligence #legalwriting #lawschools

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In Part 2 and final episode Number 3, we focus on how the interventionist assistance, particularly funds, grants and other forms of technical support can achieve tangible outcomes for the economic benefits of actually creators in the cultural creative industries of Africa-films, music, performances etc.

See events referenced in this episode:

1. Kenya Collecting societies disputes over royalties (money) https://nairobinews.nation.africa/kenya-music-societies-continue-battle-over-artiste-millions/
2. Nigerian music copyright management organizations dispute of issues of who should be in charge of collecting royalties (money)https://thewillnews.com/unending-dispute-between-coson-and-mcsn/

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In Part 2 and final episode N3, we focus on how the interventionist assistance, particularly funds, grants and other forms of technical support can achieve tangible outcomes for the economic benefits of actually creators in the cultural creative industries of Africa-films, music, performances etc.

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See events referenced in this episode:

1. Kenya Collecting societies disputes over royalties (money) https://nairobinews.nation.africa/kenya-music-societies-continue-battle-over-artiste-millions/
2. Nigerian music copyright management organizations dispute of issues of who should be in charge of collecting royalties (money)https://thewillnews.com/unending-dispute-between-coson-and-mcsn/

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In a recent interview I had with the Culture Solutions, an association working towards amplifying the essence of the interventionist agencies (in a good way), I reiterated the need of effective outcomes based on tangible exhibitions of results in the communities of Africa. This audio is a small extract of the more than one hour chat.

In 2020, I published a work on how an effective and efficient legal capacity for African Creators in the film, music and other creative spaces could be achieved in the light of engagements from established creative corporations from the Northern Hemisphere like Netflix, Amazon, YouTube etc.

Recently, Mr. Bright Okpocha popularly known as "Basketmouth" alleged that Filmmakers under partnership with Netflix mismanaged interventionist funds granted by Netflix for producing creatives on things unrelated to creative processes to achieve excellent works. On the global front, Multinational Institutions like the European Union, United Nations as its agencies like WIPO, UNESCO etc. have injected funds in millions of dollars into the African Cultural Creative Industries to enhance the regions socioeconomic development.

In the coming weeks, SAMIÁIRÊPORTÍ will focus on the ACTUAL effectiveness, problems and perhaps put out suggestions on the way forward to realize the "street benefits" of "Cultural Creative interventions."

https://theconversation.com/netflix-naija-creative-freedom-in-nigerias-emerging-digital-space-133252?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=bylinewhatsappbutton

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Before the invasion and plundering of the African Civilization and territories by Colonial Forces of the Northern Hemispheres. African Societies had (and still have) their unique systems of political and creative-innovative outcomes governance. In continuation from Episode 1 I highlight some of the practical methods that Africans used in managing/enforcing their innovations-creations.