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Comedian Erastus Ayieko Otieno alias Flaqo is seething after his YouTube channel, Flaqo Raz, was terminated for copyright violations, a week after he received his Silver Play Button from the Google-owned video-sharing platform for surpassing the 100,000 subscribers mark.
Taking to Instagram, Flaqo lamented how he was battling malicious claims, engineered by copycat channels whose owners he said are out to elbow him out of the industry through ‘esoteric copyright laws’. Flaqo noted how the termination, like a wrecking ball, was initiated on cue soon after he revealed to his rapidly growing online audience of his soon to be launched show. He, however, vowed to fight – declaring that the move has served only to embolden his resolve.
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