TYPES OF YORÙBÁ LANGUAGE CONSONANTS: LESSON 2 - PART 7

 

Types of Yorùbá Language Consonants: Lesson 2 - Part 7

TYPES OF YORÙBÁ LANGUAGE VOWELS: LESSON 2 - PART 6

 

Types of Yorùbá Language Vowels: Lesson 2 - Part 6

GET PERMISSION AND A MUSIC LICENSE BEFORE YOU USE A SONG

 

Akóredé Babátúndé Okùnọlá AKA Saheed Òṣùpá, reportedly requested the removal of Portable's song titled Ijóo Ṣakuṣákú (Ijo Shakushaku), which he released two years ago, from streaming platforms due to alleged unauthorised use of his lyrics.

Òṣùpá and his distributors filed complaints, leading to the song's removal from platforms like Spotify and Apple Music.

This action prompted Portable to publicly criticise Òṣùpá, accusing him of not supporting his career and labelling him 'big for nothing', literally and figuratively.

In response, Portable said he used only four lines from the bridge of Saheed's song in his own song without permission.

He expects that Saheed ought to act as a father figure to him in the music industry by overlooking this use, just the way Pasuma allowed him to use some of his lyrics in his own songs without permission.

He says Obàtálá is the one living in him even though ìjàpà (tortoise) is the one living in Saheed Oṣùpá.

Portable!!!

😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

Portable is now 'crying' on the internet that this song is one of the ten songs that he used to borrow money a few years ago to produce and promote his songs and this is the reason why he releases new songs frequently.

"How am I going to pay back this debt now?" he asks pitifully and rhetorically.

In defiance, as is common with his unstable behaviour, he claims to know who his real father is and it is not Saheed.

He also threatened to hire a lawyer to defend him in court over this matter as he no longer cares about Saheed.

Dear Portable Zazuu , as a Music Business Coach and Consultant that I am at DJ Ìràwọ̀ , I advise you not to waste your money on a court case because you are wrong from inception.

Firstly, Saheed is not Pasuma.

That a songwriter or author allowed you to use their song freely does not mean that others will allow you to do the same.

Secondly, the length, time and form of the lyrics, beat, melody or whatever part of the song that you used is irrelevant.

That you used it requires you to ask for permission and a music license to use that song.

In the end, the copyright owner may not ask you for money or a copyright split but you still need to ask.

Thirdly, an already recorded song can be used in a new song in any of the following ways:

1. Cover

2. Reuse

3. Remix

4. Sample

5. Interpolation

6. Re-recording

7. Derivative Work

8. Synchronisation, etc.

As a Musician, if you want to get permission and a music license to do any of the above four, contact me as a Music Clearance Consultant

If you want to claim your rights with anyone who has used your song in any of the above four ways, contact me as a Music License Consultant.

Fourthly, Saheed Òṣùpá is a political science graduate from the University of Ìbàdàn. He is preparing to undertake his PhD. He knows his music rights. He is not like other Yorùbá musicians.

Fifthly, Portable, you are rude and do not portray the traits of an Ọmọlúwàbí.

Saheed Òṣùpá is older than you are in age and has years of musical experience.

If you had asked him politely for permission, he may not have requested for a royalty split or licensing fee from you or instructed your song to be taken down.

Besides, he has more fans of calibre than you do, online and offline.

You are only asking for trouble by calling him out on social media.

Go and beg him, prostrate for him and ask him for permission so that your song can be returned to streaming platforms and so that you can have money to repay your creditors.

Sixthly, hiring a lawyer, hopefully you know that you should be hiring an intellectual property lawyer, is a waste of your time, money and effort because you have lost this case from Inception.

Use that lawyer money to pay Saheed Òṣùpá!

© Irawo Drummer

    20/03/25

    Musician

    Music Clarity Coach

    Music Business Consultant

YORÙBÁ VOWELS AND CONSONANTS: LESSON 2 - PART 5

 

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