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Gad Elmaleh's alleged plagiarism : Twitter lifts the ban on CopyComic’s videos

Moroccan-French-Canadian stand-up comedian Ga Elmaleh./Ph. DR
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After it removed the tweets that contained CopyComic’s videos on Gad Elmaleh alleged plagiarism, citing copyright, Twitter decided to put them back on the platform, reports French-language newspaper L’Express.

The anonymous channel, known as CopyComicVideos, announced Saturday on Twitter, that the latter lifted the ban on the two tweets that had two videos, accusing Moroccan-French-Canadian comic Gad Elmaleh of copying the routines of American stand-up comedians.

«When the best intellectual property lawyers cannot prove you wrong», wrote the channel celebrating Twitter’s decision.

For the record, Gad Elmaleh has allegedly asked Twitter to remove the tweets in question last week.

On its Twitter account, the channel posted a message for Gad Elmaleh in which it alleged that he ordered «his lawyers to censure the tweets that contained the channel’s videos on plagiarism», citing copyright.

According to the same message, the Netflix comedian has even, reportedly, «tried, through his lawyers, to reveal the identity of the person behind» the CopyComic plagiarism videos.

On January the 29th, a CopyComic video «revealed a slew of examples of comic routines by Elmaleh that show uncanny resemblance to jokes by other comics».

The video alleges that the Moroccan comedian copied the routine of two American stand-up comedians, namely George Carlin and Steven Wright, and Canadian actors Patrick Huard and Martin Matte.

Replying to accusations, Gad Elmaleh published a video on his Twitter, last week, addressing allegations through humor. Dressed as one of his female characters, Elmaleh mocked the people accusing him of plagiarism, indicating that has «been around for 25 years».

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