Napapanood na muli sa YouTube ang longest-running noontime show na Eat Bulaga! matapos mabawi ng Television and Production Exponents (TAPE), Inc. ang full access sa account na ito.
Sabay nang napapanood sa Facebook account ng TAPE at sa free-to-air ng GMA-7, pati na sa YouTube account ng Eat Bulaga!, ang noontime show na nilayasan ng original hosts na sina Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, at Joey de Leon, gayundin ng legit Dabarkads.
Read: Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon bid goodbye to TAPE, 'Eat Bulaga!' viewers
Pero kapansin-pansing tila bumaba ang number of subscribers ng YouTube account ng Eat Bulaga!.
Bago maibalik sa TAPE ang control sa YouTube account, mayroon itong 5.32 million followers.
Ilang araw matapos maihayag sa publiko na nabawi na nila ang password nito, bumaba ito sa 5.29 million followers.
Ibig sabihin, halos 30,000 followers ang nalagas sa YouTube account ng Eat Bulaga!.
LOOMING COURT BATTLE?
Samantala, wala pang bagong pahayag mula sa abogado ng TVJ Productions na si Atty. Enrique dela Cruz.
Sinabi noon ng legal counsel ng TVJ na gagawa sila ng legal na hakbang matapos mabawi ng TAPE ang access sa YouTube account ng Eat Bulaga! na ginamit ng noontime show mula pa taong 2012.
Nabahala raw sila dahil inamin ng TAPE na dati silang walang access sa YouTube channel ng Eat Bulaga!.
Iginiit din nilang ang may-ari ng account ay ang may-ari ng email na nag-register ng naturang account. Hindi ang TAPE.
Ayon kay Atty. dela Cruz sa panayam ng 24 Oras noong September 10, “We find this news very disturbing. TAPE is announcing to the public that it regained access to the Eat Bulaga! YouTube channel, this means they previously DID NOT HAVE ACCESS.
“The owner of the YouTube channel is the owner of the email used to register it. It is not TAPE. That is why they never had access to this account.”
Ayon pa sa abogado, “We are preparing the appropriate legal action against TAPE. This may constitute a cybercrime if they hacked into the account or made misrepresentations to YouTube.”
Sinalungat naman kaagad ito ng TAPE lawyer na si Atty. Maggie Abraham-Garduque.
Pinabulaanan niyang na-hack ang nasabing YouTube account to their favor.
Pahayag ni Garduque sa panayam ng 24 Oras pa rin (published as is), “Tape did not hack the account. Tape will never do such a thing.
“Thus, it is not liable for cybercrime. Being the owner of the account, Tape was able to coordinate with YouTube to change the email and the password and the new contact person in behalf of the company.”
At naipakita raw nila sa YouTube ang mga katibayan na sila ang totoong nagmamay-ari ng account, pati na ang linked bank account sa nasabing channel.
"She" ang ginamit na pagtukoy ni Garduque sa hindi pinangalanang dating empleyado kaya babae nga ang may gawa nito noon.
Sa mga naunang lumabas na balita, si Jeny Ferre umano ang may likha ng YouTube account ng Eat Bulaga! at diumano'y napa-copyright pa niya ito.
Si Jeny ang dating Executive Vice-President for Production ng TAPE, na pagmamay-ari nina Romeo Jalosjos Sr. at Tony Tuviera.
Saad pa sa pahayag, “The person who made the account was an employee of TAPE when she made the account and she made the YouTube account in behalf of TAPE, Inc.
“Tape Inc. is ready to show the official receipts from YouTube stating that it is the one which spent to create the account.
“The bank account linked to the YouTube account is likewise owned by TAPE, Inc.”
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