By Ian Ortega
Juliana Kanyomozi may be a diva to many of us, but it seems the people at You Tube don’t give a damn about her ‘divaness’. Weeks back, when she created her own You Tube account in order to upload her own videos by herself, it did not go well with some people. Juliana was reported for copyright infringement concerning her ‘eddiba’ music video which was put down by the management at You Tube.
This annoyed Juliana so much that she was forced to hit back with a lengthy statement:
“First I start by appreciating the work people like Din Tv, Afroberliner, Ug Pulse etc have done by uploading Ugandan videos in the past, and it hasn’t been in vain for them since they have monetized accounts and they make money from uploading those videos.
However, I now own a YouTube account and upload my own videos unless I give someone else permission to do so. How can someone report me for copyright infringement on my own video that I paid for and participated in it’s creation??
They don’t know what I go through to create my work, they don’t know what inspires me to do what I do and how much I put in emotionally, physically and financially. They don’t know what my work means to me. But they wait to benefit from a finished product.
From now moving forward, I will be uploading my own videos and whoever has been uploading my videos should therefore stop unless I give them permission to do so.
My sincere apologies to all my fans that can’t access the ‘EDDIBA’ video from my channel at the moment. I’d like to inform you that everything possible is being done to have the video back up as soon as possible. Thank you for your love and support.”
Well to Juliana, it seems you were reported for Musical masturbation; the act of uploading your own videos on You Tube. Otherwise hope the You Tube founders can get it in their heads that in Uganda, celebrities upload their personal music videos without any external help.
It is also believed that if Juliana is reported for 5 consecutive times, her account may be deleted from You Tube, so it seems she’s left with only 4 chances before things get bad.
