Charly Boy threatens lawsuit against Premier Records over copyright infringement

Charly Boy, a well-known musician and campaigner from Nigeria, has threatened legal action against his previous record company, Premier Records Limited, for allegedly breaking a 1988 contract.

In a letter dated June 19, 2023 and sent on behalf of Charly Boy, Rockson Igelige asserted that the record company had broken the terms of their 35-year-old contract.

The singer allegedly signed “artists recording contracts” with the business in 1988, 1990, and more recently, all of which have since expired, according to the letter.

He claimed that Premier Records was continuing to violate his musical works’ copyrights notwithstanding the contracts’ expiration.

We demand that your business turn over our client’s master recordings, artworks, promotional materials for the music, and other pertinent and private information to your business within 30 days of the date of this letter, per our client’s orders.

“We also demand that your business pay the unpaid royalties owed to our customer.

We have been given the go-ahead by our client to formally notify your organization to stop violating the copyrights to the musical works contained in the musical albums and single(s) created during the aforementioned expired contract period.

“This is because the prerequisite condition and the consideration for the contracts were not satisfied and given.

The statement states that any additional violations after receiving this letter will result in legal action.

At the time this story was being written, Premier Records had not yet responded to the accusation.