Twitch DMCA ban hammer swings down on Clix and SquishyMuffinz NRG Esports \/ DreamhackThe second wave of Twitch DMCA takedowns is in full force, and the ban hammer almost crashed down on unsuspecting partnered streamers Clix and SquishyMuffinz.[jwplayer s3Kl6oQO] The last couple of weeks have been difficult for Twitch streamers. They\u2019ve been getting rocked with DMCA takedown notifications, forcing them to delete clips and VODs from their channel that contain copyrighted music. It has affected everyone, regardless of their popularity and prominence. JakeNBake, LIRIK, and Pokimane are notable examples. However, it\u2019s also led to actual bans with little to no explanation. This even happened to Dragonforce\u2019s Herman Li. The situation even sparked a reaction from Shroud, who believes streamers should have taken a \u201cunited front\u201d on the issue. In his view, this would have helped overturn the rules, but now he thinks it\u2019s too little too late. Still, the DMCA issue hasn\u2019t faded away. The second wave of takedowns is out in full force, and it\u2019s crashed down on two popular streamers: Cody \u201cClix\u201d Conrod and Mariano \u201cSquishyMuffinz\u201d Arruda. Clix is a professional Fortnite player currently signed with NRG Esports. He also has around 2.1 million followers on Twitch and is an official partner of the platform. Still, that wasn\u2019t enough to make him immune to a DMCA strike. \u201c2nd dmca strike, one more and i\u2019m banned forever, he said. \u201cI did everything they told me to legit all my vods and clips\u201d A similar thing happened to SquishyMuffinz, a professional Rocket League player with more than 600 thousand followers on Twitch. However, he copped a full ban right out of the gate. \u201cBanned from twitch,\u201d said SquishyMuffinz. \u201cIs there anything I can do to fix this?\u201d Banned from twitch, is there anything I can do to fix this? \u2014 R1 Squishy (@SquishyMuffinz) November 2, 2020 Fortunately, the ban was overturned. However, he\u2019s been forced to delete every single VOD and Clip, which means he won\u2019t be able to stream today. \u201cDeleting all my VODS Clips ETC, not taking anymore chances in the future,\u201d he said. \u201cThank you to the community for all the support. I\u2019ll try to stream tomorrow, gonna deal with the VODS and clips for today.\u201d Deleting all my VODS Clips ETC, not taking anymore chances in the future, thank you to the community for all the support I\u2019ll try to stream tomorrow, gonna deal with the VODS and clips for today. https:\/\/t.co\/LQnDTiBUgP \u2014 R1 Squishy (@SquishyMuffinz) November 2, 2020 Twitch has been ruthless in their DMCA crackdown. However, in the end, it seems like streamers would rather lose years worth of content than cop a ban. The consensus is that it\u2019s not a fair ultimatum, but what else can they do? They don\u2019t have a choice but to cave in and adhere to Twitch\u2019s demands if they want to use their platform. Read more: xQc slams Twitch viewers \u201cshaming\u201d streamers – It\u2019s possible things will change in the future, especially if streamers are able to \u2018unionize\u2019. But until that happens, the makeshift solution is to delete all their clips and carry on. Either way, it\u2019s a strange time for streamers and their viewers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Twitch DMCA ban hammer swings down on Clix and SquishyMuffinz NRG Esports \/ DreamhackThe second wave of Twitch DMCA takedowns is in full force, and the ban hammer almost crashed down on unsuspecting partnered streamers Clix and SquishyMuffinz.[jwplayer s3Kl6oQO] The last couple of weeks have been difficult for Twitch streamers. They\u2019ve been getting rocked with […]<\/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-62290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62290","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=62290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}