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Popular Twitch streamer Lirik's channel temporarily suspended for "UEFA live streaming" infringement

After reaching out to "the right people", the ban was lifted.

Charles Singletary Jr

September 10, 2018 3:15 PM

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Lirik, a Twitch streamer with over two million followers, was temporarily suspended earlier today. This type of thing happens pretty regularly on the platform, but Lirik was a bit confused as to the reason this time around.

I got suspended, Lol. What the fuck is UEFA? @Twitch pic.twitter.com/k4IRVFFFFC

— Lirik (@LIRIK) September 10, 2018

Copyright strikes, something that content creators have to be constantly aware of on Twitch, YouTube, and other similar platforms, are largely dished out via an automated system but individuals or entities can strike content they feel infringes on content they own the rights to. Platforms unfortunately tend to implement these strikes immediately on many cases, without investigating the validity beforehand. Another issue is, these particular strikes can build up to a person losing their account altogether and this could be a gigantic setback for creators of all levels.

Lirik followed up the tweet by stating that Twitch needs to "follow through legally when a DMCA like this happens". He's currently streaming and, it turns out, he "talked to the right people" to discover that it was a DMCA takedown with no evidence/occurence of the reason given. Thus, the ban was lifted. We'll have to see if Lirik or any other content creators take additional steps to prevent something like this from happening. Stay tuned to Shacknews for additional updates.

Charles Singletary Jr

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