Phantoml0rd claims Twitch broke US law and \u201cbragged about\u201d it in court YouTube: Phantoml0rdAfter winning the first stage of his Twitch lawsuit, James \u2018PhantomL0rd\u2019 Vargas claimed the company \u201cbragged\u201d about treating its partners however it wants despite breaking the law and violating contracts. PhantomL0rd won his lawsuit against Twitch after they banned him back in 2016, receiving a little more than $20,000 in damages. However, he revealed it was only the \u201cfirst phase\u201d of the legal proceedings and has since claimed Twitch is trying to silence him from talking about it and that the company has a \u201csecret strike guide\u201d for deciding bans. Now, in the latest update, he\u2019s pushing it one step further, saying Twitch broke Californian law \u2014 and \u201cbragged\u201d about it. \u201cThe details that came out at the trial were shocking. Twitch bragged about how it can treat its partners however it sees fit because it is a private company\u2014no matter the contracts it agreed to,\u201d he said, reflecting on the trial. \u201cIt hides its rules from streamers and acts to save its own image at the expense of everyone who uses Twitch.\u201d Vargas claimed Twitch\u2019s action are in violation of California\u2019s Unfair Competition Law, and has requested the court finds in favor of that. The state law prohibits illegal business practices and could lead to them reinstating him on the platform. Phantoml0rd lawsuit could save exiled streamers like Dr Disrespect If the case moves forward, it could also change how Twitch handles permanent bans, which could help \u201cmillions of other streamers\u201d, including Dr Disrespect, who was controversially banned without being given a reason. Phantoml0rd\u2019s lawyer requested that Twitch needs to make a clearly defined written policy to regulate its disciplinary process and cannot permanently ban streamers without giving them sufficient notice, an explanation, and a chance to right their wrongs. If the jury rules in his favor, not only would it bring some closure to Dr Disrespect\u2019s situation, but it could also bring him back to the platform. However, the bigger thing is that now, it\u2019s not just Phantoml0rd\u2019s trial against Twitch. What started out as a fight for one streamer and his right to return could end up changing the platform forever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Phantoml0rd claims Twitch broke US law and \u201cbragged about\u201d it in court YouTube: Phantoml0rdAfter winning the first stage of his Twitch lawsuit, James \u2018PhantomL0rd\u2019 Vargas claimed the company \u201cbragged\u201d about treating its partners however it wants despite breaking the law and violating contracts. PhantomL0rd won his lawsuit against Twitch after they banned him back in […]<\/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-57640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57640","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=57640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}