Exclusive: Macmillan, UBEC and Melrose Publishers in Messy N15billion Copyright Scandal over possible best seller
Mrrightsng can exclusively report that a Nigerian writer, Elias Ozikpu, has commenced a N15billion legal proceedings at the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court against an Ogun State based publishing house, Melrose Books and Publishing Limited over the theft of his intellectual property, HEROES OF THE NIGHT,a literary work describe by the publishing company as possible best seller. Documents obtained by MrRightsng revealed that the writer had entered into agreement with Melrose Books and Publishing Limited in September of 2012 for the publication of his literary work entitled: ‘HEROES OF THE NIGHT’. Responding to several correspondences written by the author to the publisher to enquire the status of his work, the publishing house claimed throughout that it had not been able to publish HEROES OF THE NIGHT owing to the magnitude of work at its disposal, particularly the preparation of its curriculum-based titles for primary and secondary schools. The author, obviously frustr