A YouTube channel has come under fire from Nollywood actress Adebimpe Oyebade, better known by her stage name Mobimpe, for allegedly stealing and profiting from her original work without her consent.
The actress, in a sharply worded post on her Instagram stories Thursday morning, bemoaned the ongoing exploitation of her videos and accused the channel of copyright violation, deceit, and outright exploitation.
Mobimpe expressed her annoyance and also described the behavior as extremely disrespectful and threatened to discipline the impostor. She underlined that as artists work so hard, such intellectual theft is not to be tolerated.
The actress wrote, “I’m tired. I’m fed up. Someone created a YouTube channel named MOBIMPEWRITE’s STORIES just to copy everything I do. Video for video. Poster for poster. She waits for me to post, then uploads the same thing, tricking people into believing it’s me.
She added, “Yesterday was my mum’s birthday. And this person stole my entire caption and my entire post and made it hers, like it meant nothing. That’s not inspiration. That’s disrespectful.
“She’s gaining subscribers, followers, likes, and comments, growing off my hard work and deceiving people who think it’s me. And the painful part? Some of you don’t even know it’s not me!
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“I have a team. We’ve tried to report this page, but it seems this person is determined to keep stealing my work, my sweat, my ideas, my creativity.
“I’m mentally exhausted. Imagine pouring your heart into your work only for someone else to keep stealing it and smiling. I don’t talk much, but today, I need to speak out. And she’s NOT THE ONLY ONE, but today, I’m starting with her!
“To the person behind that page, I know you’re here. I know you’re seeing this.
Just know that you will not go scot-free. What you’re doing is deeply wrong.
You’re impersonating me and deceiving people—and one thing I can assure you is this: you will be caught. Soon.
“Please fam, go on YouTube for me and report this page: Mobimpewrite’s Stories. Mass report it until it’s taken down. Let YouTube know she’s impersonating me and stealing my work.
“If you know ANY solid way to bring these channels down legally, technically, any method at all, please drop a comment or send a DM. I’d deeply appreciate it. What this person is doing is extremely risky, too risky!!!
“Enough of this silence. Enough of people building platforms by tearing others down! I built MOBIMPE TV with tears, passion, and consistency, and I won’t let someone else ruin that or hijack what I’ve poured my heart and soul into. Thank y’all”. She concluded.