Copyright Commission lists registered replicating plants, calls for renewal of operating licence Twelve Optical Discs Replicating Plants registered by the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) have up to December 31st 2008 to operate in Nigeria in line with the Copyright Optical Discs Plants Regulation 2006. Director-General of NCC, Adebambo Adewopo, who stated this in Abuja said only replicating plants who have duly renewed their licences with effect from January 2009 could continue to operate in line with the Regulation and the Copyright Law. The Director-General listed the registered plants as Nira Audiovisual Ltd, Transerve Disc Technologies Ltd, Alfa Magnetics Industries Ltd, Skymedia Production Nig. Ltd., Ecomax Media Technologies Nig. Ltd. Others are CVL Technologies Nig. Ltd., Compact Disc Technologies Nig. Ltd., Super Audio Industries Nig Ltd., Media Pro & Global Services Ltd., Hoperising Industries Ltd., and Nasima Universal Studio Ltd.

However, the registration of two other replicating plants, namely Akina Music International Nigeria Ltd and Digital Media Ltd has been kept in view, due to the failure of Akina to notify the Commission of and pay for two new lines of production while the registration of Digital Media Ltd has been held up by its internal management problem. The Director- General who spoke in Abuja stressed that the registered optical disc plants required renewal of their registration with the Commission to enable them operate legally with effect from January next year since their current registration under the Optical Discs Regulation would lapse at the end of the out- going year. Applications for renewal of licence filed by some of the plants are at different points of processing and consideration.

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