Adewumi Ademiju
Popular Nollywood actress and producer Iyabo Ojo, AKA, ‘Queen Mother”,has raised alarm on Ghanaian TV station, NETV for pirating her movie less than 24 hours after it was released.
The actress released the final episode of her movie, ‘The Memory of You’ on Friday, July 24, at 5pm.
The actress in an Instagram post on Saturday, called out the television station for airing the movie without her permission or license.
The mother of two also called on the Ghanaian President, John Dramani Mahama to revoke or suspend the licence of the station.
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“My movie THE MEMORY OF YOU 1&2 is being aired on TV channels in Ghana without my permission. No call. No license. No payment. Just pure theft.
“To NETV and every other station doing this: You cannot build your channel on the backs of filmmakers and expect us to keep quiet.
“To His Excellency the President of Ghana @officialjdmahama, National Film Authority @nationalfilmauthority, and the *Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture in Ghana, we are begging you to act.
“There are laws in place – the Copyright Act, 2005 (Act 690). Enforce them.
“@nationalfilmauthority once said that they’ve already warned that stations airing unauthorised content risk license suspension or revocation.
“Now is the time to act on that warning. We, filmmakers, pour our lives, money, and years into this craft. Piracy kills creativity, kills jobs, and kills investment. We are not asking for favours.
“We are demanding what is rightfully ours: RESPECT and PROTECTION for our intellectual property. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.