Socrate Safo calls out Obinim over alleged copyright breach on OBTV
Veteran Ghanaian filmmaker and entertainment personality Socrate Safo has questioned the broadcasting practices of Prophet Daniel Obinim’s OBTV, after allegedly airing movies without the necessary copyright permissions. In a strongly worded commentary, Socrate said he recently came across a movie being aired on OBTV and decided to make enquiries about whether the station had secured […]
Ghanaian filmmaker Socrate Safo has criticized Prophet Daniel Obinim's OBTV for allegedly broadcasting movies without obtaining the required copyright permissions. Safo made these allegations after discovering a movie airing on OBTV and conducting an investigation through the Copyright Office. He emphasized that simply owning a television station does not grant the right to air movies without proper compensation to filmmakers and rights holders.
Safo humorously questioned why Prophet Obinim's spiritual guidance did not extend to copyright matters, noting that "prayer does not replace a copyright license." He also pointed out that other television stations affiliated with religious leaders and churches may similarly lack proper copyright compliance. Safo urged Ghana's creative industry to address the challenges in monetizing local content and stressed that broadcasters, particularly religious ones, must respect filmmakers' intellectual property rights.
He highlighted the role of the Copyright Monitoring Team in investigating suspected infringement and called on religious broadcasters to set an example by obtaining the necessary permissions before airing copyrighted material.
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