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Winnie Nwangi sues MTN over Kwata Esimu caller tune
February 26, 2021 Freeboy and Winnie Nwangi
Telecommunications giant MTN Uganda has been dragged to court over the alleged sale of “Kwata Esimu” song, which belongs to Winnie Nwagi and Mubarak Adams Mandela alias Free Boy as a caller tune.
Viva Entertainment Limited in its suit before the Civil Division of High court on behalf of the two music artists claims to have written, produced, published and invested money in the song.
Viva wants court to declare that the sale of Kwata Esimu as a caller tune to the public without authorization or its consent amounts to an infringement of their copyright and unjust enrichment. The firm contends that despite the popularity of the song, it hasn’t been performed on stage because of the government ban on concerts as part of the measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
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