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Kirani Ayat Wasn’t Ready For Our Collaborative Project – GTA CEO Akwasi Agyeman

Kirani Ayat Wasn’t Ready For Our Collaborative Project – GTA CEO Akwasi Agyeman

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority, Akwasi Agyeman, has given an update on the agreement between government and musician Kirani Ayat, following their copyright infringement case in 2022. Kirani Ayat had accused the government of using portions of his music video in a tourism promotional video without his consent. The video which was posted on X by the President Nana Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, September 27, 2022 on the occasion of World Tourism Day, featured scenes from the music video for Ayat’s single ‘Guda’. When he finally met with the GTA and got compensated, the authority also promised…
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Ghana Tourism Authority Has Compensated Me- Kirani Ayat

Ghana Tourism Authority Has Compensated Me- Kirani Ayat

Musician Kirani Ayat, has disclosed that the Ghana Tourism Authority have finally settled his kerfuffle with them with a compensation. Speaking in an interview with Shatta Michy on Movement Showbiz on Friday, October 21, 2022, the 'Guda' hitmaker Kirani Ayat who has been in the news for sometime due to a misunderstanding between himself and the Ghana Tourism Authority, admitted to being finally settled by them. ''I feel like with issues like this, there's that expectation to take it to court but even if you take it to court and the parties are like hey we've admitted of wrongdoing, can…
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Fuse ODG Also Cites GTA For Unauthorised Use Of His Content

Fuse ODG Also Cites GTA For Unauthorised Use Of His Content

Musician Fuse ODG has also claimed ownership of some excerpts in the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA)’s promotional video that featured President Akufo-Addo. In a press statement released by his company, New Africa Nation, the musician’s team revealed that some scenes were picked from his video ‘New African Girl’. “We have sanctioned works in the past for Government use, most notably, our 2018 record, “Bra Fie” featuring Damian Marley, which was used as the theme song for the “Year of Return’; which we launched via our TINA Festival alongside the President of Ghana,” they noted. https://twitter.com/NAkufoAddo/status/1574689088053149696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1574689088053149696%7Ctwgr%5E06dab4f4643ba680e564d812b4b1d0bddaae7eca%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myjoyonline.com%2Ffuse-odg-also-cites-gta-for-unauthorised-use-of-his-content%2F They added that “however, no…
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