Fortnite Streamer Calls For Help Following a DMCA Strike

The ongoing DMCA drama has bewildered the streamers on Twitch. Deleting their copyrighted content is the only way to evade a permanent ban, and even the biggest streamers on the platform are compelled to do so. Fortnite professional player Clix is one such big streamer, who now finds himself in an unusual situation.

He recently informed fans about the DMCA/ copyright strike he received on his donation sound. Apparently, he has been using this sound for 2 years and it’s in almost every video under his name.

The Fortnite pro has no other option other than deleting his videos

Despite being a streaming platform, Twitch also ensures that the audience has the comfort of watching ‘videos on demand’. Creators can also edit the saved livestreams to make highlights and brief clips. A lot of fans with time constraints watch these clips, and the streamers also gain watch time from them.

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Clix is no exception, and his fans enjoy watching the Fortnite clips and past broadcasts. As for now, the streamer hasn’t thought of a solution. However, he will most probably have to delete a tremendous amount of his content following the strike, and this is going to be an enormous setback for him.

Twitch’s dispute with RIAA is turning into a nightmare for the streamers

Under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, organizations like Twitch cannot be sued if they remove any copyrighted content from their platforms. From the looks of it, the current situation seems like a result of a feud between Twitch and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). 

Twitch cannot support any of its streamers because of the DMCA. If it doesn’t take any action to remove the copyrighted content, it will have to face legal repercussion itself, including lawsuits. On the other side, the streamers are also in a serious dilemma. They have to delete tons of clips which do not even show up in in creator dashboard.

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If any streamer faces three such strikes, Twitch will have to permanently ban them. However, it seems a lot of creators on the platform are going to receive over three strikes. It is a very unfortunate situation, and the community hopes that Twitch and its streamers come up with a viable solution as soon as possible.