AVRS Nigeria

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24/11/2023

https://pmexpressng.com/avrs-holds-its-7th-annual-general-meeting-in-lagos/

The nation’s sole collective management organisation for audiovisual works, AVRS, convened its 7th Annual General Meeting in Lagos Thursday November 22, 2023. Chaired by filmmaker, Mr. Mahmood Ali-Balogun, the virtual AGM witnessed the active participation of all AVRS Board members, alongside este...

26/09/2023

https://pmexpressng.com/avrs-successfully-holds-select-stakeholders-forum-in-port-harcourt/

On September 19, 2023, prominent figures gathered in the resource-rich state of Rivers. This event marked a significant achievement for the Audio Visual Rights Society of Nigeria (AVRS), the sole collective management organization responsible for audiovisual works in Nigeria, as it successfully host...

25/09/2023

"RSG Moves To Protect Intellectual Property Rights ...As AVRS Declares Piracy Criminal Offence - :::...The Tide News Online:::..."

Rivers State Government has declared its readiness to partner with the Audio Visual Rights Society of Nigeria (AVRS) to protect intellectual property rights in the state. This follows a declaration by the Audio Visual Rights society that piracy is a criminal offence. The Permanent Secretary, Ministr...

21/03/2023

"If you own a copyright to any property, you possess the sole authority to:

1. Reproduce the work in any material form
2. Publish the work
3. Perform the work in public
4. Make any cinematograph film or a record in respect of the work.
5.Broadcast or communicate the work to the public by projector/screen or other similar device
6. Issue, sell or rent copies to the public [i.e. broadcasting it via TV, radio, Internet, etc.)"
pyright

16/03/2023

It's not advisable to use any copyright work without owners permission, this is illegal and you could be sued for it.

14/03/2023

"Movie licensing refers to purchasing the rights to display a movie to a public audience. More specifically, the name of the license required is a public performance license.

Requiring the purchase of a public performance license ensures that the artists and businesses are fairly compensated for the work that they own the rights to. Since groups of people are consuming the media, then a “group rate” must be applied, aka the licensing fee."

09/03/2023

When you buy, rent, or borrow a DVD or videotape of a movie (or any other audiovisual work) made by someone else, you normally obtain only the copy, and not the underlying copyright rights to the movie

You certainly are free to watch the movie yourself, but, beyond that, your rights are very limited by law. In particular, you do not have the right to show the movie to "the public." In most cases, doing that requires a separate "public performance" license from the copyright owner.

08/03/2023

Happy International women's day to all the hardworking women out there, keep shining, keep breaking boundaries and keep glowing.

07/03/2023

Copyright (or author’s right) is a legal term used to describe the rights that creators have over their literary and artistic works. In Nigeria, the following works are eligible for copyright protection by virtue of the copyright Act (Cap. 28 LFN 2004); literary, musical, artististic, cinematographic and sound recordings. As a film producerm writer or director, lead actor and actresses, your works that are used by hotels, transport companies, bars, offices etc deserves a copyright protection

02/03/2023

Happy new month to you all 🎉

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