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The body of law for copyright protection in Nigeria is the Copyright Act 2022 and judicial decisions in which the provisions of the successive Copyright Acts have been interpreted. As decided by the Supreme Court in Plateau Publishing v. Adophy 1986) 4 NWLR (Pt. 34) …

The main objectives of a copyright law are to protect the rights of the authors to ensure just reward and recognition for their intellectual efforts; and to provide appropriate limitations and exceptions to guarantee access to creative works. Copyright confers exclusive rights of exploitation to …