Appietus: Legendary Ghanaian Producer And Papi Of 5Five Fame Trade Insults On Live TV Over Copyright Issues

• Appietus and Papi of 5Five fame had an altercation on live TV over a copyright issue which led to the pair trading insults
• Papi accused Appietus of monetizing legendary High-life hit Mugyebaya and other songs which did not belong to him
• Appietus stated that the song did not technically belong to 5Five as they did not pay him for producing and featuring on the song and so he had to find a way to recoup his investment

Legendary Ghanaian producer, Appietus, has been in the trends for hours after trading insults on live TV with Papi of 5Five fame.

Papi was interviewed by Sammyflex on CTV on his Class Showbiz show. Papi told Sammyflex that Appietus was reaping the benefits of all the hard work 5Five had put in over the years and leaving them penniless. He accused the producer of syphoning royalties from songs like Mugyebaya, African girls and other classic hits.

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Sammyflex called Appietus via phone to hear his side of the story and an angry Appietus mentioned that 5Five had not paid him a penny for his services.

Appietus said due to this, he had to put the songs on digital platforms to recoup his investment. He accused Papi of defaming him and threatened to send him to court. The pair traded vulgar insults as tempers flared.

The Genesis Of The Issue

On Sunday, 15th January 2023, Appietus was interviewed on Citi TV and revealed that he had made a lot of money from digitalizing songs like Mugyebaya, Azonto Fiesta and other legendary songs. Appietus mentioned that a white man from Israel introduced him to digitalization.

The producer said he gave the man his songs to put on digital platforms and mentioned that he made thousands of dollars from monetizing the songs.

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Bulldog saw the interview and angrily charged at Appietus in a Facebook post. The Bullhause Entertainment boss said the songs the producer monetized were co-produced by his label. Bulldog wrote:

You have been feeding your family and yourself with our investments for almost 10 years by selling 5Five songs — executive produced and promoted by Bullhaus Entertainment on digital platforms globally without our permission.

Juliet Buntuguh, A Lawyer Gives Insight on 5Five Saga

Speaking to YEN.com.gh, Juliet Buntuguh, a learned lawyer who is a graduate of the Ghana School Of Law, gave her insights on Appietus and 5Five's issue and explained how Intellectual Property Law works.

Juliet Buntuguh explained the technical aspect of copyright law and mentioned that Papi and 5Five would need to have proof that they first published the intellectual property they accused Appietus of stealing. She said:

Copyright is automatic when a piece of work capable of copyright is first published. So 5five has to show that they first published the music as theirs. If that’s the case then he has exclusive economic rights (like royalties) and sole moral rights over the music according to sections 5 and 6 of the Copyright Act 2005 (Act 690)

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She also pointed out some requirements Appietus needed to fulfil in order for him to lawfully monetize the songs Papi accused him of stealing.

The producer of the music under section 10 of the act even has an obligation to state the name of the performer of the song (in this case 5five). If they are not doing that hen they are acting contrary to the Act.

According to her, Appietus as a producer had a legitimate claim to the music if he did the majority of the production on the songs and had his vocals on it. Per Juliet's words, 5Five having their vocals on the songs did not necessarily give them a claim to the intellectual property.

Producers also have rights so we have to be careful in blanketly saying the music belongs to 5five. Maybe the Producer created everything and only asked 5five to give his vocals. I am sure the two parties had a contract of some sort when they made the song so I would be hesitant to make any conclusive statements without deeper information. she stated

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Fans Weigh In On Appietus and 5Five's Issue

effahksakyi wrote:

Telling legendary appiatus you gave him the most hit song is madness,,,, Daddy Lumba won’t say that

lovemelanin2022 commented:

But this shows they didn't respect appietus as a producer

balljosh20 was not pleased with the insults:

Appietud paa at ur age u they insult small boy say in mother

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Source: YEN.com.gh