August 24, (THEWILL) – United States-based Nollywood producer, Lynda Clems, has accused her colleague, Annie Idibia of copyright infringement. Lynda allegedly had invited Annie to feature in one of her movies, Open Scars and she was to play the role of Nkoyo, a character she developed. But a few weeks after leaving the movie location, Annie also developed a series, which she titled Nyoko without seeking Clems’ consent. Fortunately for Clems, she was informed by one of her friends who discovered that the character Nkoyo which she created had been developed into a series and it was being shot at a movie location. This didn’t go down well with Clems who reached out to top Nollywood actors in the industry to intervene in the matter. Their intervention made Annie reach out to her and drew her attention to the fact that she had infringed on her intellectual property.
According to Clems, Annie’s tone while they communicated showed that she was annoyed with the way their conversation was going. However, they both agreed to settle the matter out of court, but Annie never got back to her since April when they last had their discussion. It was also gathered that Clems later blocked Annie in order not to see anything about the project again.
A few weeks after the scenario, Clems came across a producer and saw a post on the same series with the same character, Nkoyo. Annie credited herself as the creator of the series despite the fact that the character was not built by her. The issue made Clems very angry and she had to openly accuse her on social media.
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