The ongoing feud between Nomcebo Zikode and Open Mic records isn’t over yet as the label is being dragged to the High Court of South Africa for illegally removing her single with Zakes Bantwini titled “Bayethe” on Spotify same day it was nominated for a Grammy award.
The moves by Nomcebo Zikode comes after Open Mic through its attorneys wrote to Spotify to remove “Bayethe” for infringing on its intellectual property which Nomcebo Zikode is objecting, stating that Open Mic holds no intellectual property rights over the song.
“The take-down notice and the conduct of the respondent as set out below constitute: an injurious falsehood, an unlawful and intentional interference with my and the second applicant’s contractual and/or property rights and unlawful competition,” Nomcebo Zikode says in the court documents.
Nomcebo Zikode also stated that she has suffered huge damages which will be difficult, if not impossible, to quantify as a result of the actions of Open Mic.
“As a result of the recording being removed from Spotify, and potentially from other platforms of which I am unaware, the second applicant and I have suffered and stand to suffer further harm, the extent of which will be difficult, if not impossible, to quantify.” She said.
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