"Riot strikes again": Twitter reacts as popular League of Legends personality gets DMCA'd and banned from Twitch for an hour × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout Esports & Gaming News Riot strikes again Twitter reacts as popular League of Legends personality gets DMCA d and banned from Twitch for an hour By Richik "anarkiddie" Bhattacharya Modified 27 Aug 2022 Follow Us Comment Share Twitch bans League of Legends streamer LS after alleged DMCA strike by Riot(Image via Sportskeeda) League of Legends professional and former Clou9 coach Nick "LS" was banned from Twitch after an alleged copyright strike by Riot. The suspension was imposed while he was watching a few VODs from the ongoing League of Legends European Championship. He immediately took to Twitter to announce the issue as fans and viewers started criticizing Riot for the move. Church of Chovy@chovygoat@LSXYZ9 Riot strikes again xD35@LSXYZ9 Riot strikes again xD Formerly known as LastShadow, Nick's ban came within an hour of him starting his stream where he would have been "liveviewing" the Rage vs MAD Lions match today. After posting several tweets on social media, his channel was restored by the proper authorities. Uhhh Riot just DMCA d me League of Legends streamer reveals reason for ban as Twitter reacts Copyright strikes on Twitch have always been a point of contention between streamers and the authorities. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA, is a law that protects against intellectual property theft in the US. Streaming platforms such as Twitch and YouTube heavily regulate content to prevent such discrepancies. LS@LSXYZ9Uhhh Riot just DMCA'd me for liveviewing LEC ??? What277358Uhhh Riot just DMCA'd me for liveviewing LEC ??? What LS, a former C9 coach, is still heavily involved with the professional scene of Riot's MOBA and was quite surprised after getting penalized. The Twitch partner has over 600K followers and revealed the reason for the ban, stating: "Uhhh Riot just DMCA'd me for liveviewing LEC ??? What" The move clearly came as a shock to LS. This was followed by a series of frantic tweets from him, clarifying that he has been doing this type of content for some time now and even has an understanding with Riot. Distancing himself from any wrongdoing, he tweeted: "Wait I'm actually freaking out lol, I'm doing the same thing I've done for the past 4 years and even had conversations about w/ Riot. My title had 'liveview' as did my overlay, it's not even like I was attempting to costream or show audio/gameplay. What the f***" Twitter reactions Many on Twitter came to LS' rescue and gave their opinions on the situation. One user opined that the ban might have been for the VODs he was streaming before the match started: MrIlluminate@LolMrIlluminate@LSXYZ9 is it because you streamed vods for like 3 hours before you go live?51@LSXYZ9 is it because you streamed vods for like 3 hours before you go live? LS, however, argued that he has been doing the same thing during past League of Legends events without facing any problems from Riot: LS@LSXYZ9@LolMrIlluminate The VODs are cut up and edited into highlight portions and @Joefisx20s literally codes the video transitions and the overlays and everything and I've done this for a very very long time even in previous splits/worlds/etc for liveviewing.437@LolMrIlluminate The VODs are cut up and edited into highlight portions and @Joefisx20s literally codes the video transitions and the overlays and everything and I've done this for a very very long time even in previous splits/worlds/etc for liveviewing. The post did attract the attention of Riot's Esports Head for EMEA region, who messaged the streamer: Maximilian Peter Schmidt@RiotMAXtheX@LSXYZ9 DMing you to see if I can help.4641@LSXYZ9 DMing you to see if I can help. Viewers and fans also tweeted, noting the suspensions and often lambasting Riot for the decision to strike a dedicated content creator: Xippih@Xippih@LSXYZ9 Don't bully, small indie company needs the money53@LSXYZ9 Don't bully, small indie company needs the money GeliCoA@CurseOfArosGeli@LSXYZ9 I was there21@LSXYZ9 I was there AllDusty@AllDusty23@LSXYZ9 Yeah I was confused why I could not find your livestream. Lol19@LSXYZ9 Yeah I was confused why I could not find your livestream. Lol Dang YB@YbDang@LSXYZ9 I guess they want more WOW streams6@LSXYZ9 I guess they want more WOW streams Hayden@Aieryyy@LSXYZ9 RRRRRIIIIIOOOOOT!2@LSXYZ9 RRRRRIIIIIOOOOOT! https://t.co/MEH477Ku7E HSOFTHEYEAR@Lxfti1@LSXYZ9 probably because of the song, instrumentals were from Juice WRLD´s Lucid Dreams1@LSXYZ9 probably because of the song, instrumentals were from Juice WRLD´s Lucid Dreams Viktor@Cute_Viktor@LSXYZ9 Time to order truck and put it next to lec stadium ,1@LSXYZ9 Time to order truck and put it next to lec stadium , Nico Gallegos@NicoGallegos@LSXYZ9 I was like... why there is no image???@LSXYZ9 I was like... why there is no image??? Flor @FlorImAW@LSXYZ9 Hope you have your channel back soon LS1@LSXYZ9 Hope you have your channel back soon LS Jehtro@J3htro@LSXYZ9 YOU CAN'T JUST TALK OVER OUR GAME!4@LSXYZ9 YOU CAN'T JUST TALK OVER OUR GAME! https://t.co/7lbxx6V4hB Many tried to provide solutions as well, asking LS to reach out to fellow streamers and friends on the professional circuits: Aern@BobertoEl@LSXYZ9 Might be a fake dmca launched by someone representing themselves as riot. Happens every once in a while on YouTube. Hasanabi had a similar thing happen a few months ago while react streaming master chef.62@LSXYZ9 Might be a fake dmca launched by someone representing themselves as riot. Happens every once in a while on YouTube. Hasanabi had a similar thing happen a few months ago while react streaming master chef. SamuRyan@SamuRyan11@LSXYZ9 Okay, slow down. This sucks, but if you didnt mess up, something just went wrong. Which means it will all get resolved eventually. Take a moment, slow down, then start asking around a bit, not just riot people, but friends who know riot people. ask some friends to help out here.53@LSXYZ9 Okay, slow down. This sucks, but if you didnt mess up, something just went wrong. Which means it will all get resolved eventually. Take a moment, slow down, then start asking around a bit, not just riot people, but friends who know riot people. ask some friends to help out here. DIG arsh @arshgoyal13@LSXYZ9 You can stream on YouTube for now though4@LSXYZ9 You can stream on YouTube for now though DjapeFS@DjapeFS@LSXYZ9 i mean its obvious a mistake you will probably get unbanned soon9@LSXYZ9 i mean its obvious a mistake you will probably get unbanned soon An hour after the ban, the League of Legends streamer got his account back and thanked people for sharing his tweets:LS@LSXYZ9Huge shoutouts to all the people who reached out and helped so quickly, was a scary situation@MedicCasts @RiotMAXtheX @Riotswimbananas @RiotTriaged . But also thanks to @TwitchSupport @bsoul_cc for helping out so fast as well.166312Huge shoutouts to all the people who reached out and helped so quickly, was a scary situation@MedicCasts @RiotMAXtheX @Riotswimbananas @RiotTriaged . But also thanks to @TwitchSupport @bsoul_cc for helping out so fast as well. Fans can catch LS on his Twitch channel, where he gives his thoughts on the current LEC game. Read about your favorite creators only on TikTok Wiki & Youtube Wiki Poll : 0 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Sijo Samuel Paul × Feedback Thank You! Be the first one to comment Follow Us Share Show More Comments GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? No thanks Delete GIF Cancel Update GIF Cancel Reply ❮ ❯ GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? 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