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Download or read book Creative Autonomy, Copyright and Popular Music in Nigeria written by Mary W. Gani and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-07-27 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an in-depth analysis of the unique structure of the Nigerian popular music industry. It explores the dissonance between copyright’s thematic support for creative autonomy and the practical ways in which the law allows singer-songwriters’ (performing authors') creative autonomy to be subverted in their contractual relationships with record labels. The book establishes the concept of creative autonomy for performing authors as a key criterion for sustainable economic development, and makes innovative legal and policy recommendations to help stakeholders preserve it.