Ranking Deezed says what is happening in the market hurts any chance the artists have of making a profit from their music. Original CDs are released and sell for a little over three dollars. But if the music is really good, he says, the market is quickly flooded with copies selling for less than 25 cents.
“We learned of even some companies, or let me say some pirates, in Lagos that can duplicate almost like 10-million copies in almost like a week or so. So that is really very bad.”
He says his organization is launching a task force to catch music pirates and turn them in to Nigerian officials.
Jerry Marshall has recorded seven albums. But, he says his music has been illegally produced more times than he can count. He hopes the new group will change that.
At the same time, he notes that outside of the arts community, most people in Nigeria do not care about music piracy.
And in this Abuja market, like markets all over the country, young men sell CDs and DVDs openly. Many offer money-back guarantees if the copy does not work. I’m Mario Ritter
Superman Comes to Life
Seventy-five years ago, on June first, 1938, the American superhero “Superman” first appeared in a comic book.
The book told the story of Superman's birth on his home planet, Krypton. His father, a scientist, sent the boy to Earth in a rocket to save his life when Krypton exploded. On Earth, Superman was able to fly. He had super-strength and X-ray eyesight. He was untouchable.
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