Nollywood actress and filmmaker Bimbo Ademoye has expressed anger at a Nigerian man who apologised after claiming ownership of a song used in her YouTube movie, My 30th Wedding, in a copyright dispute that affected its monetisation. The man, identified as Mazi Enemuo, admitted responsibility for the situation and promised to resolve the copyright issue, but Ademoye appeared unimpressed by his explanation.
Enemuo claimed he uploaded the soundtrack from the film to promote the song, but admitted that the distribution platform triggered a YouTube Content ID claim. Ademoye had earlier offered a ₦1 million reward for information that could help identify and locate the person behind the copyright claim on her movie. She questioned how a man with 250 subscribers intended to help promote her work when she already had almost two million subscribers.
Ademoye reacted to Enemuo's open apology shared on Instagram, insisting that she remained angry over his actions and questioning his claim that he uploaded the soundtrack to help promote her work. “I'm still very angry! You claimed you wanted to help me reach a wider audience. I'm not sure you thought that statement through; you wanted to use your 250 subscribers to help me reach a wider audience with my almost 2 million subscribers? You specifically took the song I didn't properly copyright of all the songs in the movie,” she wrote.
In his apology, Enemuo said he had no intention of infringing on Ademoye's rights or causing her distress. He claimed that he uploaded the song to share and promote its sound with a wider audience but acknowledged that the distribution platform subsequently triggered a YouTube Content ID claim. He also accepted responsibility for the situation, disclosed that he had removed the song from streaming platforms and promised to work with the distributor to ensure the copyright claim was cleared.
The dispute comes days after Ademoye raised alarm over a copyright claim on My 30th Wedding, which she said prevented the film from generating revenue on YouTube. The actress had revealed that someone uploaded a song titled We Can Take It (My 30th Wedding), to digital streaming platforms and subsequently claimed ownership of it under the name Mazi Enemuo. A copyright notice on YouTube flagged the soundtrack in her film and marked the production as ineligible to earn revenue.
This is not the first time Ademoye has raised concerns over copyright disputes involving her YouTube films. In January 2026, she accused an individual identified as Emmanuel Davies of claiming ownership of a soundtrack used in her movie, Where Love Lives, a development she said also affected its monetisation. The recurring disputes have drawn attention to the challenges filmmakers face with copyright claims and content monetisation on digital platforms.
Key points
- Bimbo Ademoye has rejected an apology from Mazi Enemuo over a copyright claim that affected the monetisation of her YouTube movie, My 30th Wedding.
