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Kwame Mickey And Team Eternity Settle ‘Defe Defe’ Case Out Of Court

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, Ghana Street Journal

After a series of exchanges on social media, Music Producer Kwame Mickey has confirmed that he and Team Eternity have come to a mutual agreement outside of court regarding the copyright issues surrounding the song Defe Defe.

Kwame Mickey made headlines days ago by publicly stating his plans to take legal action against the popular gospel music group for allegedly ‘stealing’ his song Defe Defe, which he had produced for Hallelujah Voices two decades ago.

He even went as far as threatening to have their music removed from YouTube if they did not comply.

However, a recent statement from his team has revealed that they have settled their dispute.

According to the statement buzzing statement entertainment news today, they have reached a License Agreement in which Kwame Mickey has granted Team Eternity non-exclusive rights to incorporate certain lyrics from the original song into their new music.

See below for full statement;

“Kwame Mickey and Team Eternity Ghana (‘TEG’) hereby announce to the gospel music industry and to the general public that the issue that arose concerning TEG’s use of a portion of the Existing Song titled ‘Defe Defe’ in their New Song also titled ‘Defe Defe’ has been amicably resolved.

“The parties have duly entered into a Licence Agreement under which Kwame Mickey grants to TEG the non-exclusive right to use in the New Song, those words derived from the Existing Song.

“The parties thank all those who helped them reach this amicable resolution. IN WITNESS WHEREOF.”

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