Chapter C28
Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004
Part 1
Copyright
2. Copyright by virtue of nationality or domicile
(1) Copyright shall be conferred by this section on every work eligible for copyright of which the author or, in the case of a work of joint authorship, any of the authors is at the time when the work is made, a qualified person, that is to say-
(i) an individual who is a citizen of, or is domiciled in Nigeria; or
(ii) a body corporate incorporated by or under the laws of Nigeria.
(2) The term of copyright conferred by this section shall be calculated according to the table set out in the First Schedule to this Act.
[First Schedule.]
(3) In the case of anonymous or pseudonymous literary, musical or artistic works, the copyright therein shall subsist until the end of the expiration of seventy years from the end of the year in which the work was first published:
Provided that, when the author becomes known, the term of copyright shall be calculated in accordance with paragraph 1 of the First Schedule to this Act.
(4) In the case of a work of joint authorship, a reference in the First Schedule to this Act to the death of the author shall be taken to refer to the author who dies last, whether or not he is a qualified person within subsection (1) of this section.