Nollywood actress Bolaji Ogunmola has issued a stern warning to content stealers on YouTube and other social media platforms.
Taking to her Instagram page to promote her latest movie, she let them know that she is ready for them as she noted how they have no idea the amount of money she has spent on creating content. Bolaji revealed that she has constantly suffered setbacks because of them and has heard enough.
Bolaji promised to drag them, call them out, and order them to take down her contents.
“To all the thumbnail stealers and content stealers, especially on YouTube. I am ready for you people on this particular project. The amount of money spent on these contents, you have no idea, and I have constantly suffered setbacks because of you people. Not this time; I will drag you, people, call you out, and order takedown. Y’all want to be moving mad”.
A year back, Bolaji had reflected on her past month, which she described as a lot. She revealed that though she won a lot she also cried a lot and almost shut down. Despite it all, she still kept going.
Bolaji isn’t the only one calling out content stealers. Last week, Funke Akindele, who premiered her much-talked-about movie Everybody Loves Jenifa, cried out over the high rate of piracy in Nollywood. The box office Queen urged Nigerians to say No to piracy, which is killing them. Funke noted how she worked so hard on her new project, spent a lot of resources, and is still investing in the movie.
Similarly, last month, Deyemi Okanlawon had spoken out against piracy as he appreciated a fan. Deyemi noted how Nollywood producers, especially newbies like himself try to tell global-level stories, with no support from government or financial institutions, yet Nigerians have no idea how much damage and loss their participation in piracy causes them. Praising the fan, he stated his sweet gesture has made him have hope in Nigerians.
In October, actress Wumi Toriola, who made her first entrance to Cinema production, laid a heavy curse on those asking if her movie would be available on YouTube or Telegram. Some of her fans who couldn’t afford to watch her movie in Cinemas had questioned if it would be made available on YouTube and if they could have a Telegram link to watch the movie illegally, and she took to her Instagram Live to rain curses on them in her dialect.
Last year, Toyin Abraham took a huge step against piracy as she paraded 5 people trying to sell out her movie, Malaika, which was streaming in the cinemas. During a press conference, the mother of one revealed how she was hinted at the rampant piracy move, as she disclosed that she nearly went mad because she had spent over five hundred million naira on the movie project.