Summit1g reveals he is in danger of permanent Twitch ban on DMCA

Streaming veteran Jaryd ‘Summit1g’ Lazar has revealed how close he is to a Twitch ban, after receiving three copyright strikes in the ongoing DMCA controversy.

Over the past few weeks and months, a number of Twitch streamers have been forced to remove countless hours of past VOD and clips to avoid receiving copyright warnings and ultimately being banned from the platform. form.

Many have called on the platform to do more to protect streamers and their content, but it seems Twitch has its hands tied. The general response from streamers has been to remove past content from Twitch and re-upload it to other platforms where the risk of accumulating copyright warnings is much less.

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Despite being on the platform full-time since 2012, Summit has been hit as heavily as any other streamer. In fact, it looks like he’s walking an incredibly fine line at the moment, confirming on November 7 that he’s already received multiple strikes.

“It’s getting a little serious, I have to be honest,” he said, when asked about the situation by a spectator. “I’ve been DMCA three times now. And I had to send emails saying, “Yo, I started this removal process, I need these to be restored.” Guess something has happened because I’m not banned and I’m on a three-hit banger.

Most of the DMCA claims are about music featured on older shows, and it seems no one is safe, not even the streamers who have been on the platform for almost a decade. Pokimane, for example, the world’s most followed female streamer, was also forced to remove all of her VODs from the platform.

When a viewer suggested he would be protected due to his popularity on the platform, Summit explained his concern. “When it comes to being sued by the music industry or getting rid of the streamer that’s causing that costume, I dunno man, I’m a little worried.

He went on to explain that it would be “quite a swing of life, if all of a sudden I wasn’t employed by Twitch anymore it would be a curve ball. I don’t really know what I would do after that.

Whether Summit can avoid a ban despite the numerous strikes remains to be seen, but it would certainly be important news if a streamer of his tenure and popularity received a suspension. For now, we’ll have to hope his emails keep him on the safe side of all DMCA ramifications.