Update: Youtube has reactivated Amr Diab’s channel
Amr Diab’s youtube channel has been terminated hours before the new album’s release on April 28. The reason is still unclear, however, rumors refer to Rotana following the recent contract termination which resulted in an aggressive media war.
Amr Diab and Rotana war over social media
During the last five months, Diab and Rotana have been in a media war over the contract termination, Diab made all his Rotana albums private on Youtube but that didn’t cause any harm on Amr’s social media channels, until today, as the social media team decided to upload the new album to his Youtube channel, what was immediately followed by the channel termination.
YouTube says “Amr Diab has been terminated because we’ve received multiple third-party claims of copyright infringement regarding material that the user posted.”
Screenshot from YoutubeAmr Diab’s youtube channel has over 1.1M subscribers and 41,798,032 video views.
No comment has been made by Amr Diab on the incident yet. Also the identity of the multiple third-party reporter is still unknown.
Diab’s fans started a boycott campaign against Rotana and Youtube to support the Egyptian pop-star.
#روتانا هو ده تمامكوا ؟؟؟
إيه قلة الأدب والتفاهه والحقد ده #عمرو_دياب_خط_أحمر
هاينجح هاينجح غصب عن اللى خلفوكوا بإذن الله— ahmed el nasser (@midoelnasser) April 27, 2016
عمرو دياب وراه جيش مش مجرد جمهور يا روتانا، و الالبوم هينجع و ياخد أعلى مبيعات ان شاء الله..
و مش قناة يوتيوب اللي هتأثر على عمرو دياب….— Diab Street (@diab_Street) April 27, 2016
عمرو دياب ف ضهره جمهور وجيوش يا روتانا اليوتيوب يتقفل ما يتقفلشى هننزل وحاننجح والالبوم حايبيع أعلى مبيعات… https://t.co/w75FCV25Cf
— Tamer hussien (@tamerhussein) April 27, 2016
عمرو دياب خط أحمر #مقاطعه_روتانا
— Osama (@Osama70575318) April 27, 2016
#مع_الهضبه_ضد_روتانا
استخدموا الهاشتاج ده يا ديابينز
مع عمرو دياب قلباً و قالباً ضدى أى حد يحاول يبوظ فرحتنا بالالبوم— Mostafa AhalwyAmrawy (@3mrawy1961) April 27, 2016
Digital Boom is investigating the case, and will keep you posted as situation develops.
Stay tuned!