Bimbo Ademoye wins YouTube copyright battle over film soundtrack
Actress and filmmaker Bimbo Ademoye has celebrated a major win in a YouTube copyright dispute involving her film Where Love Lives. She said she felt deep gratitude and relief after the contested claim was finally resolved in her favour. In an emotional Instagram post, Ademoye thanked her mother, her friends, her creative team and her loyal online “cyber family” for rallying behind her. She praised fans for relentlessly reporting the infringing content and the individual behind it until the wrongful claim was taken down across platforms. The dispute began when someone using the fake alias Emmanuel Davies allegedly uploaded a song from Where Love Lives to digital platforms like Spotify and then filed a copyright claim against her YouTube upload. The track, however, is fully owned by Ademoye with the artist’s consent, and the false claim led to a strike, demonetisation and diversion […]