The Nigerian Copyright Commission says owners of optical discs replicating plants, who failed to obtain Source Identification codes from the commission, will be arrested and prosecuted.
The Lagos Zonal Manager of the Commission, Emeka Ogbonna, said optical discs which did not have the SID codes would henceforth be presumed pirated and liable to confiscation.
The commission had on May 28 initiated reforms, known as Optical Discs Plants Regulation and Collective Management of Copyright, in a bid to check piracy.
The reforms became operational on June 1.
The reforms demand that all companies, which produce or replicate optical discs in Nigeria, should register with the Commission and obtain appropriate SID codes to be inscribed on the discs.
Ogbonna said although some companies had complied with the directive, many had yet to do so.
The zonal manager said the registration was free but that companies would pay for inscribing the SID codes on the discs.
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