Actress and filmmaker Bimbo Ademoye has rejected an apology from a man identified as Mazi Enemuo over a copyright claim that led to the demonetisation of her YouTube movie, My 30th Wedding.

Enemuo had apologised on Instagram on Tuesday, saying he uploaded the film’s soundtrack to help promote it to a wider audience and did not intend to infringe on Ademoye’s rights.

He said the distribution platform triggered a YouTube Content ID claim on the song, adding that he had removed it from all streaming platforms and was engaging his distributor to ensure the claim was fully cleared.

“My intention in uploading the song was to help share and promote the beautiful sound with a wider audience, not to infringe on your rights or cause you any distress,” he wrote.

Ademoye, however, dismissed the apology, describing it as “complete bullshit” and insisting she was still very angry.

She questioned how Enemuo, who has about 250 subscribers, could claim to help her reach a wider audience when she has almost two million subscribers.

“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?” she wrote.

The actress also questioned why he picked the particular song she did not properly copyright out of all the songs in the movie, and why he went ahead to monetise it.

“After you ‘helped me reach a wider audience’, why did you try to claim my earnings? Why did you monetise it and have me demonetised?” she asked.

Ademoye said she had previously had channels taken down for infringing on her other projects because she did due diligence and copyrighted them.

She vowed to make an example of Enemuo, warning him not to mistake her silence for weakness.

“If I don’t pick you up from Essex, I’d pick you up before your homecoming… I’d make an example out of you. Don’t ever take my silence for weakness; believe me when I tell you I am not that nice at all! Especially when it comes to my work. I’m on you, son! It’s not a threat,” she wrote.

Ademoye had earlier placed a N1 million bounty on information leading to Enemuo’s whereabouts after the copyright claim stopped the movie from earning revenue on YouTube.

She later announced that monetisation on the movie had been restored, thanking her ‘mother’, Uduak Isong, Sir Fela, and singer Progress, who created the soundtrack, for their swift intervention. (The Nation)