PewDiePie's YouTube Channel Might Be In Trouble [VIDEO]

General news News 09/16/2017

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The Campo Santo case continues.

Previously, Sean Vanaman, the co-founder of Campo Santo (developers of Firewatch) requested a DMCA takedown of PewDiePie‘s playthrough on YouTube, as the Swedish YouTube star had racist remarks in a PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds stream. He privated these videos, but to no avail…

…as Vanaman’s DMCA takedown requests have gone through. YouTube deleted the videos, resulting in a copyright strike on Felix Kjellberg’s channel. Three strikes equal channel deletion, and he won’t be allowed to make a new one. Polygon talked to a lawyer who is experienced in the gaming subjects, and he said that developers revoking the permission from those who offensively use their games is plausible. In other words, he is on Vanaman’s side. (Not to mention those devs who followed his example.)

Felix can do two things now: he either waits 90 days until the copyright strike and penalty is removed, or he talks directly with Campo Santo to have the DMCA takedown lifted. The latter scenario can hugely change the future of those YouTubers who live off of the video-sharing website, doing gaming content.

Source: WCCFTech, Polygon

PewDiePie himself talked about the affair:

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