xQc hit with five-hour Twitch ban over NBC Olympics stream Twitch: xQcTwitch\u2019s biggest streamer, Felix \u2018xQc\u2019 Lengyel, was banned from the platform for just shy of five hours on July 28, with his latest suspension \u2014 the fourth time he has been blocked from streaming \u2014 likely due to rebroadcasting several events from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The last image shown on the Canadian\u2019s channel before his ban was him watching the Judo match between Austria\u2019s Michaela Polleres vs Japan\u2019s Arai Chizuru. xQc commented soon after, admitting he believed the suspension \u2014 which ended up lasting just 295 minutes \u2014 was related to \u201clive DMCA\u201d over rebroadcasting the international sporting event. He said, \u201cI took necessary precautions and thought it would be fine. Really didn\u2019t expect it, but I could\u2019ve easily avoided this.\u201d During his stream, xQc floated Twitch guidelines, and told viewers that he could just disable the VOD in question afterward, and \u201cbe in the clear.\u201d Tokyo 2020 has a heavier DMCA presence, however. Broadcasting corporations are reportedly using live-tracking technology to snipe offending streams, automatically taking them offline if any copyrighted material is pinged. Dexerto can confirm xQc\u2019s Tokyo 2020 stream broadcast has been removed from the platform. Whether this was by the Twitch star or Twitch itself is not clear. The streaming website, which is owned by Amazon, has not made an official comment on the live DMCA process surrounding the Olympics either. \u201cSorry for everyone involved, including the viewers,\u201d Lengyel wrote on Twitter on July 28. \u201cI\u2019ll be better\/smarter next time, and follow guidelines more strictly.\u201d I THINK I GOT MY CHANNEL LIVE-DMCA’d. I TOOK NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FINE. REALLY DIDN’T EXPECT IT BUT I COUL’VE EASILY AVOIDED THIS. SORRY FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED INCLUDING THE VIEWERS. I’LL BE BETTER\/SMARTER NEXT TIME AND FOLLOW GUIDELINES MORE STRICTLY \u2014 xQc (@xQc) July 28, 2021 This is the Canadian\u2019s fourth Twitch ban since the start of 2020. His first ban came in March 2020 where he was forced off the platform for three days. The one after that was only for a single day, just a few months later. xQc copped a lengthier ban in November, when he was benched for seven days. This time, however, Twitch didn\u2019t make the 25-year-old sit on the sidelines for long; just five hours after his original suspension, xQc\u2019s fourth platform ban was lifted. The French Canadian has yet to reveal why his suspension was ended early. xQc isn\u2019t a stranger to the strict rules of Twitch. He\u2019s been banned in the past and even defended the platform\u2019s enforcement guidelines just recently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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