Entertainment pundit Vida Adutwumwaa has called on gospel group Alabaster Box to increase their demands from rapper Medikal.
She believes the rapper has been disrespectful after using the group’s intellectual property without proper acknowledgment.
According to her, it is only fair that Alabaster Box asks for more.
Vida pointed to Medikal’s strong reaction to TV3’s mistake in a Sarkodie discussion, saying it reflects how people like Alabaster Box feel when their work is used without permission.
“If you are angry, this is how you react, but you have used someone’s intellectual property without proper acknowledgement, and you are telling them how to react. It doesn’t make any sense.
“Arnold said the demands are harsh, but I think it is because of the disrespect from Medikal that is why they are calling for stiffer punishment. I think they should even increase the GH¢15 million,” she said.
She added that not everyone in Ghana can easily make money, which is why Alabaster Box thinks that their intellectual property should work for them.
She said the group respected Medikal and asked him to stop using their work, but he hasn’t, adding that if he had, they would have made it public.
“Not everyone can make quick money in Ghana and that is the reason why the Alabaster guys think that their intellectual property should work for them. They respected Medikal and asked that he stop using it, but the artiste hasn’t done that. I am sure if he had, they would have put the information out,” Vida stated.
