The legendary streaming channel Lofi Girl was suspended by YouTube on Sunday after a copyright infringement complaint.
The complaint was unfounded and the channel has since been reinstated, much to the relief of its fans, who were outraged at its demise.
A pillar of YouTube culture
If you don’t know her, Lofi Girl is an uninterrupted streaming channel of calm and relaxing hip-hop music. Prior to its suspension, the channel had played continuously for two years. The fans of Lofi Girl form an international community that joins in comments, but also on Discord where they are 700,000, and on a subreddit of 30,000 subscribers. The YouTube channel has more than 10 million subscribers.
The live of Lofi Girl accompanies everyone to study in peace or fall asleep to music. The well-known illustration that accompanies the stream is an animated loop that depicts a young girl hunched over a notebook, her cat perched on the window in the background. In short, he’s a YouTube icon, and his disappearance enraged fans.
Too widespread attacks
Apparently, a Malaysian label, FMC Music, sent a complaint to YouTube against Lofi Girl for copyright reasons. Fans immediately tossed around the hashtag #BringBackLofiGirl, and trolled the label. Lofi Girl explained that his subordinate channel, Lofi Records, is a record label that owns the rights to the music posted on its channel. YouTube has agreed with Lofi Girl and restored the channel earlier this week.
YouTube later explained that the label’s accusations are simply unfounded attacks on Lofi Girland only aim to harm his channel. Lofi Girl claimed in a tweet that such attacks are common against smaller creators on YouTube. The platforms are currently not equipped to differentiate between legitimate suspension requests and abusive complaints.
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Source : TechCrunch
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