Actress Bimbo Ademoye. Photo credit: File
Actress Bimbo Ademoye has offered a N1 million reward to anyone who can help identify the person behind a copyright claim on her YouTube movie, My 30th Wedding.
Ademoye made the offer in an Instagram post on Monday, after YouTube flagged her video for containing copyright-protected audio.
A screenshot shared by the actress showed that YouTube detected the song, “We Can Take It (My 30th Wedding)” by Mazi Enemuo, in the video, which was subsequently marked “Ineligible to earn.”
In response to the flag, Ademoye said the song was made especially for her and that she owns it.
“I’m sick and tired of this. I have 1 MILLION NAIRA FOR ANYONE WHO CAN LOCATE THIS PERSON FOR ME. I will not rest until I catch this one,” she wrote.
“A movie I spent my blood on. You’re claiming copyright for a song that was done for me by @progressofficial_ that I fully own.”
She alleged that the claimant uploaded the song three weeks ago, deliberately targeting her to claim ownership and divert revenue from the project.
“How do you sit down and try to claim someone’s sweat, so all the money would go to you,” she said.
Ademoye appealed to her followers to report the account on all platforms and called on YouTube to act.
“Guys pls help me report this person on all platforms; they uploaded it 3 weeks ago, clearly targeted me and are now claiming ownership. @youtube @youtubeafrica pls do better; this is getting tiring.
“Anyone who can send me the location of this person gets 1m from me. Let’s all be mad together,” she added.
