Popular Twitch streamer William “WillNeff” Neff was unexpectedly banned from Twitch for watching a clip of Samurai Jack on the Official YouTube channel Adult Swim UK while live streaming on Twitch.
On May 5th, WillNeff’s Twitch unexpectedly disappeared in the middle of his Film Class streaming session that he regularly hosts. In a series of tweets after his disappearance from Twitch, WillNeff expressed his frustration over the unexpected ban for watching an official video. He explained his side of the story and said:
I just got banned for watching a clip of #samuraijack that’s on YouTube on my stream… k
It’s a copyright claim. For a clip, they put on their own YouTube. I don’t understand at all.
He added that he “doesn’t understand” how viewing a clip on an official YouTube Channel results in a copyright strike and a ban. He contemplated the situation and expressed his frustration about the fact that talking about films will result in getting a copyright strike, even if the clips are publicly available from legit and official sources.
His fans also expressed their distrust and disapproval of Twitch’s action and tweeted to support WillNeff. Some fans quickly pointed out about the recent changes in Twitch’s T&C that now let anyone with an account submit copyright claims and said that it must be some troll trying to take down his channel. While it’s all just speculation, it is also true that many streamers have recently faced random copyright strikes on their old streams and live streams.
Although the ban was quickly lifted by Twitch in just 2 days, the root of the problem remains and the platform has confirmed no changes in the terms to rectify the same. Even if a ban is short-lived, losing viewers and trust will still hurt streamers a lot.
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