Dj Cleo , Flavour
Flavour (a GLO ambassador) and South Africa’s Dj Cleo may be on their way to huge royalty war with Telco giant, MTN. The duo have both enjoyed hugely successful hit singles, which would have generated significant revenue when sold by the companies as a download, ringtone or ringback tone.
Sources in the camp of both stars have revealed that both stars have asked for sales data from MTN, its subsidiary and content aggregator Content Connect Africa (CCA), and Vodacom so they can have them audited to establish whether their copyright has been infringed.
While the companies strongly deny any infringements, with CCA dismissing the allegations as ‘ludicrous’, industry insiders say their liability could run into the billions in unpaid royalties and fines in South Africa alone.
