Badou Jobe wrote:

> Recently Mr. Oko Drammeh paid a trip to China, meeting with
> > entertainment business executives, looking for strategic partners in the
> > field of CD/DVD production, marketing & merchandising, specifically in
> > the field of cultural music.  Mr. Drammeh/Lasting Value is soon going to
> > open an office in China.
> >
> > China is the biggest producer in the world of cheap (pirate) cds (and
> > cd-roms), due to the fact that it never signed international copyright
> > laws which enables it to reproduce (steal) original music without paying
> > one penny royalties to the authors or even without the author's
> > authorization.
> > Just like China, The Gambia also hasn't signed international copyright
> > laws. This implies that original/authentic Gambian material, including
> > the historic GRTS archives, can be exploited without legal sanctions for
> > non-payment to the authors or the authors' refusal of using the
> > material. A producer can even assign the authorship to some-one else -
> > for instance himself - than the real author. As a matter of fact this
> > already happened.
> >
> IF THIS HAPPENED, IT IS A SERIOUS ALLEGATION AND A VERY UNFAIR ONE INDEED.
I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS ONE.

JABOU JOH

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