Bookcraft Limited, publishers of From Frying Pan to Fire written by a former spokesman of late President Umaru Yar’Adua, Olusegun Adeniyi, has threatened to sue online sales outlet, Jumia, over pirated copies of the book.
Lawyers of the publishing firm in a letter dated August 21 accused Jumia of selling plagiarised copies of the book.
Mr Adeniyi, they said, has demanded a compensation of N10 million, adding that the work should be pulled down from the platform.
The letter said: “We hereby notify you that pirated copies of the book above described (From Frying Pan to Fire) has been sold and is being made available for sale on your portal.
“We concomitantly draw your attention to the fact that our client neither authorized nor allowed any copies of the book being sold on your portal.
“TAKE NOTICE that the publisher, our client, hereby demands that said work being sold and listed for sale should be taken down from your portal forthwith. The continued listing of this work for sale constitutes continuing breach of our client’s and the author’s rights.
“We have notified the Nigerian Copyright Commission of the precise details of infringement and hereby demand compensation in the sum of N10,000,000.00 for the harm already visited on our client.
“We hope that this notice suffices and that your company will avoid costly legal proceedings.”
