Clix is now trending on Twitter after announcing the status of his Twitch account
Clix was on track to experience one of the best days you can have as a Fortnite player. The day started strongly with a solid FNCS performance with his trio consisting of Bizzle and Bugha
1st Week 1 FNCS ?? pic.twitter.com/QnfxDcT2Wf
– Clix (@ClixHimself) 15 February 2021
The team all dominated in the first week of FNCS, winning the first of three heats and booking their tickets in the heats phase. It was not even close – 2nd place was 70 points behind
Clix has also hit some incredible benchmarks for live streaming that any top creator just wants. Amid the intensity of watching a craggy play in the Fortnite Championship series, the stream of Clix rose to 108,000 viewers.
incredible stream today a climax of 108k viewers fucking nuts, i got the rag back and downloaded! The video will appear on how we won tomorrow afternoon. Dear ones, played insane today. Appreciate any new followers / subs today ????
– Clix (@ClixHimself) 15 February 2021
A Fortnite day without frustration, winning a tournament and receiving an insane amount of notoriety and cash from your stream? Of course there must be a catch
And then the disaster struck. A few hours later, Clix’s Twitch channel disappears. After talking about Fortnite’s biggest spreading ban, Clix confirms the suspicions and surprises everyone with the news that the situation is much, much worse
perm ban … on everything i like
– Clix (@ClixHimself) 15 February 2021
Clix is permanently banned from Twitch. Well – let’s take a step back and explain his statement. Clix has been banned indefinitely from Twitch, which means it could be a permanent ban unless the staff dominates the decision
The community still has so many questions and not many answers yet. Clix is suspected of being hit by a ‘DMCA strike’, which is the internet version of a copyright strike when content creators use copyrighted music without permission
Twitch usually only issues temporary suspensions for even the more infallible misconduct that occurs on their platform. If the suspension is vaguely “indefinite” for no apparent reason, you can claim that it is a DMCA strike
As a result, the community was quick to defend their cracked king. It is logical that Clix has become the best in the USA
wow i can not believe #freeclix is # 1 in trend, thank you guys for the insane support and hopefully I will be unbanned in some way soon ??
– Clix (@ClixHimself) 15 February 2021
At the time of writing, more than 25,000 people have been using the #freeclix hashtag on Twitter. Once its 8-year-old fans wake up (their bedtime is 21:00 tops), they will inflate this number exponentially
It’s unfortunate that streamers are infiltrating the complex legal arena in which music companies and platforms like Twitch or YouTube are tango. YouTube has historically done a much better job of tempering these legal tribes that would eventually end up in the circle of creators.
Twitch is dealing with a historical issue with streamers using unauthorized music. Link this to the fact that they do not have the infrastructure to mute / flag / earn the copyrighted content properly by the distributor – and we get a crossroads
Hopefully Clix gets his situation sorted out and he can continue on Twitch. Let this be a lesson for creators on Twitch: do not use unauthorized music if you want to rid yourself of this existential risk
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