After months of struggling between the two biggest political parties in the country, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Party (NDC) over who wins the copyright ownership of two hits songs in the country, ?Mehuri So? by Prophet Seth Frimpong and ?Scenti No? by Sidney for their campaign songs against the forth coming elections, information gathered by the paper has it that the NPP has won.
It would be recalled that the Graphic Showbiz published a story that both political parties wanted exclusive rights of the two songs to enable them use them to compose their political songs for the forth coming elections.
According the dancing prophet, almost all the political parties in the country wanted exclusive rights to his song but at the end of it all, it was the ruling party, which had the fattest offer and so won the bid.
He said as a musician and businessman, he was only concerned about who could dip his hands deeper into his pocket to help him realize the fruits of his toil.
Sydney, on the other hand, has offered his hit piece to the NPP to use during its campaign, come December 2004. According to our information, a remix of Scenti No has been recorded so that it would be easier for the NPP to use it for its campaign.
We gathered that some top hiplife artistes have also added their voices, to make the piece ready for the kill.
The struggle for the copyrights for the two hit songs became necessary because, it is believed that music helps political parties win elections in the country.
It is believed that the NPP won the 2000 elections partly because of the major role, the hit song of Cindy Thompson, ?Mmoboro Hunufo Agya? played.
After months of struggling between the two biggest political parties in the country, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Party (NDC) over who wins the copyright ownership of two hits songs in the country, ?Mehuri So? by Prophet Seth Frimpong and ?Scenti No? by Sidney for their campaign songs against the forth coming elections, information gathered by the paper has it that the NPP has won.
It would be recalled that the Graphic Showbiz published a story that both political parties wanted exclusive rights of the two songs to enable them use them to compose their political songs for the forth coming elections.
According the dancing prophet, almost all the political parties in the country wanted exclusive rights to his song but at the end of it all, it was the ruling party, which had the fattest offer and so won the bid.
He said as a musician and businessman, he was only concerned about who could dip his hands deeper into his pocket to help him realize the fruits of his toil.
Sydney, on the other hand, has offered his hit piece to the NPP to use during its campaign, come December 2004. According to our information, a remix of Scenti No has been recorded so that it would be easier for the NPP to use it for its campaign.
We gathered that some top hiplife artistes have also added their voices, to make the piece ready for the kill.
The struggle for the copyrights for the two hit songs became necessary because, it is believed that music helps political parties win elections in the country.
It is believed that the NPP won the 2000 elections partly because of the major role, the hit song of Cindy Thompson, ?Mmoboro Hunufo Agya? played.
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