Popular World of Warcraft streamer Staysafetv has been banned on Twitch following a recent stream covering the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
The streamer was watching the election unfold along with his chat, tuning into Fox News for its live election day coverage. This content was flagged as copyrighted, though, and Staysafe’s channel has been banned for the next 48 hours.
❌ Twitch Partner "StaysafeTV" (@StaySafeWarlock) has been banned! ❌https://t.co/IFaKDu5NrT#twitch #ban #firstban #partner #twitchpartner 🃏
— StreamerBans (@StreamerBans) November 4, 2020Staysafe later shared a message with his viewers, confirming the broadcast got him banned. He also said this wasn’t the first time his channel had recently been flagged for copyrighted material.
48 hour ban for watching election coverage on Twitch. More concerningly, I got another DMCA a few months ago for playing ‘In Da Club’ by 50 Cent in a clip that was 2 years old – so I believe if I get another one it will be a perma-ban? Very nice @Twitch 👍 pic.twitter.com/vbzGTSfODE
— StaysafeGG (@staysafegg) November 4, 2020Staysafe said he was recently hit with a DMCA strike for playing 50 Cent’s hit song “In Da Club” in a clip that was two years old.
With Twitch cracking down on copyrighted content on its platform, Staysafe is not alone. Hundreds of the site’s partnered streamers have been receiving copyright strikes this year.
the Twitch DMCA bloodbath has begun, as hundreds of partnered streamers have received emails from Twitch as DMCA takedown notifications pic.twitter.com/zoIoI7Q7Xp
— Rod Breslau (@Slasher) October 20, 2020To assist its users, Twitch has rolled out beta testing for its platform-specific music streaming service called SoundTrack. This service functions much like any other music application, but the content curated on there will exclusively be copyright-free music that streamers can use on their channels without any worry of DMCA violations.
Twitch has suggested that creators educate themselves on copyright law and remove old clips and streams to ensure that their channels contain no copyrighted content.
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