Nollywood actress and filmmaker Omoni Oboli is receiving an outpouring of support from fans after YouTube removed her trending movie, Love In Every Word, over a copyright claim. This comes after a similar copyright issue forced her to take down another movie last year.
The takedown was triggered by a claim from Chinonso Obiora Skyberry, a Canada-based network engineer and owner of Skyberry Studios, an Abuja-based photography and aerial videography company. With over 7 million views in just 72 hours, the movie was gaining massive traction before YouTube removed it, displaying a message citing copyright infringement.
Love In Every Word, produced by Omoni Oboli and written by Mfon Abasi Michael Inyang, is a romantic drama exploring love, resilience, and communication in relationships. While fans continue to rally behind the actress, the copyright battle raises concerns over content ownership in the Nigerian film industry.
See some reactions from netizens to the devastating news
One Mazi Olisaemeka tweeted, “Why exactly did YouTube take down that Omoni Oboli’s movie that has already crossed the 6m mark. That’s really unfair
One Irebami Olakanm1 wrote, “Why are they always doing this to Omni Oboli? This is the second time. Not when the movie ranked many views. I pity her, sha
One Enoch Owolabi wrote, “How can people be this wicked? How do you claim rights to something that isn’t yours? What kind of evil-mindedness is this? A movie with over 7 million views is gone. I find it hard to believe that Omoni Oboli would be so careless as not to copyright her work.
Another Twitter user wrote, “One Possibly they’ve been secretly Reporting the movie, Most of them on that YouTube space were obviously not happy with the hype Omoni Oboli TV / Love in Every word was getting; The heart of human is truly wicked; Let’s just hope it’s a Glitch.
One Princexdeybo wrote, “This is wickedness, nah
One Firstladyxxo wrote, “Kai, this is sad, man. Jesus, 7 million gone just like that. People sha
One Iamlilian_official wrote, “The enemies have come, oh
One Ifyprecious_adewale wrote, “This is terrible, lol
One Jennifer Trimnell wrote, “Haters, that’s why
One Vivian Pavy wrote, “Haters, that’s why
One Adeolamiji Ade wrote, “Wickedness at its peak”.