Veteran filmmaker Selassie Ibrahim has revealed that she has identified five television stations involved in pirating her movie, adding that they will soon face the appropriate consequences for their actions.

“Ghanaians will not watch what you produce, yet they will take your content you put on YouTube within two minutes. I have five of them I’m dealing with. Five channels in Ghana here. In Ghana. They’ve taken your content. The moment I load, within five minutes, they grab it. I say I will set a… you watch. They’ve been calling left and right,” she in an interview on Joy Prime TV

Selassie Ibrahim stated that even though she frequently criticises TV channels for “killing” the movie industry, filmmakers also need to adapt and not depend solely on YouTube for distributing their work.

She added that when a movie is officially released, Ghanaians often do not support it. Rather, once it appears on YouTube, some TV stations pirate it “within minutes.”

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Ghanaian actress and film producer, Salma Mumin has stated that losing money over piracy is a painful ordeal for film producers.

Being a movie producer herself, Salma has vowed never to forgive anyone caught stealing her for broadcast.

“If I find anybody stealing my movie, I’m gonna take them on. I will take you on because it takes a lot to produce one film and it’s very painful to not even make what you’re meant to make and others are already making behind you,” she warned.

Her comment comes on the back of Nigerian actress and filmmaker Bimbo Ademoye's appearance on social media months ago to express frustration over the unauthorised broadcasting of her films on Ghanaian television.

She described it as a blatant violation of her intellectual property rights.

According to her, several TV stations in Ghana have been airing her work without permission—a situation she finds unacceptable and unlawful.

She called on relevant authorities to investigate and address the matter promptly.

Salma has also cautioned the culprits to desist from the unfair practice, emphasizing that they know how damaging it is to producers.

“We as entertainment personnel should understand and know better to not even do this at all...it is because the people doing it, they understand what they’re doing,” she said.

Media personality MC Yaa Yeboah has stated that the lack of collaborative efforts between the National Film Authority (NFA) and the copyright office is the contributing factor to piracy in the country.“To date, the NFA has not held any meetings with the copyright office regarding piracy,” she stated on UTV’s United Showbiz.

The NFA had earlier warned in a letter that any TV station caught airing pirated movies would have its license revoked. But according to MC Yaa Yeboah, the NFA does not even have the power to revoke licenses.

“The NFA recently issued a letter to television stations warning them that if they air movies without proper authorization, their licenses will be revoked. However, upon researching this matter, I discovered that the NFA is not even the institution responsible for revoking licenses,” she said.

Months ago, Nigerian filmmaker Bimbo Ademoye also drew the attention of Executive Secretary of the National Film Authority (NFA), Kafui Danku, and Minister for Communications, Digital Technology and Innovation, Sam Nartey George to take on Tv sations for piracy.

In response, Kafui Danku revealed that the Nigerian filmmaker provided no evidence of piracy concerns.

According to Kafui Danku, she went as far as engaging Bimbo to provide evidence of her piracy concerns on WhatsApp for documentation and further action.

However, Bimbo ridiculously stated that the evidence was not retrievable, as it was sent in disappearing mode.

“Recently, after Bimbo lashed out and we reached out to her, I later went on UTV, and she saw a headline where I said I reached out, but she did not respond. She got in touch, we started chatting, and I asked her, can I have the evidence so we can put it on file and then start working at it?

“She told me that whoever sent that message sent it to her in a disappearing mode, which I think is ridiculous. But I didn’t want to stretch it out because if they are truly using us for some sort of attention, it is working,” Kafui said in an interview on Hitz FM on August 13, 2025.