Multiple CSGO Twitch streamers banned, reportedly for restreaming Berlin Major GFuel \/ StarLadderThe CSGO community on Twitch is experiencing a bizarre ban-wave as huge broadcasters are having their channels taken down amid the StarLadder 2019 Berlin Major. The second Major of 2019 has a lot of viewers hyped to see the biggest CSGO teams don the stage once again. As various storylines will undoubtedly unfold, Twitch streamers are tuning in to share the biggest moments with their audiences. But it seems like copyright strikes are stopping these channels in their tracks, as numerous streamers are pointing to DMCA takedowns from StarLadder as the reason for the unexpected bans. While StarLadder is putting on an incredible production to bring the Berlin Major to the homes of thousands, Twitch streamers have been tuning into the GOTV version of the matches found inside of the game. Major CSGO streamers like Erik \u2018fl0m\u2019 Flom, Andre \u2018nooky\u2019 Utesch, and more have been banned, apparently with no reason given, after streaming the Major on their channels. Full list of banned CSGO streamers UPDATE \u2013 Some of the streamers listed below have started to get their Twitch bans rescinded (* denotes unbanned) fl0m* – mch_AGG – pelaajatcom – metabro* – nookyyy – 1ukeofficial – maleK_CSGO – gabepeixe – dimaoneshot – viperdemon – mchfps – Ryu7z – The tournament organizers themselves have it written in their StarLadder Major 2019 Official Rulebook and Regulations that they have all broadcasting rights including \u201cvideo streams (e.g. PoV streams), radio streams, GOTV, replays, demos or TV broadcasts.\u201d Just got banned on @Twitch @TwitchDE and i dont know y \u2013 didnt even got a mail with a reason or something :\/ WTF ??? \u2014 nookyyy (@nookyyy) August 24, 2019 In fact, ESL had the same stipulation for the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice CSGO Major, but that wasn\u2019t largely enforced as it is being with the StarLadder Major. In StarLadder\u2019s case, they\u2019ve been handing crucial DMCAs to channels that Twitch has no choice but to oblige by. Although some streamers are saying that these harsh strikes to their channels came with no notice. \u201cSo to clarify StarLadderCSGO just DMCA\u2019d me for streaming the GOTV,\u201d fl0m said after having his channel taken down. \u201cI had casters muted and my sponsors hidden. I can\u2019t confirm 100% this next part but I believe starladder now has exclusive rights to the major and I need permission from them to be able to stream the major.\u201d so this is different from the ESL dota 2 ruling as this major is exclusive to starladder. once again im still confirming this last point but im 99% certain this is why im banned. all i can say is sorry but the lack of communication on this front is astounding. \u2014 fl0m (@fl0mtv) August 24, 2019 Fl0m expressed his frustrations on Twitter since the DMCA marks the first time the streamer\u2019s channel had ever got banned. \u201cI\u2019m so upset. First ever ban on twitch. Nobody from StarLadder reached out asked me to turn it off or anything. Just straight DMCA\u2019d me for doing something we do every Major.\u201d The CSGO community are holding their collective breaths to see how Valve and StarLadder will handle these DMCA\u2019s as the debacle is souring the viewing experience for fans in only the second day of the Berlin Major.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Multiple CSGO Twitch streamers banned, reportedly for restreaming Berlin Major GFuel \/ StarLadderThe CSGO community on Twitch is experiencing a bizarre ban-wave as huge broadcasters are having their channels taken down amid the StarLadder 2019 Berlin Major. The second Major of 2019 has a lot of viewers hyped to see the biggest CSGO teams don […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}