Popular variety streamer Jeremy “Disguised Toast” Wang was banned from Twitch after watching the anime Death report in the stream. The ban was lifted on Monday night.
While the reason for the ban has not been officially confirmed, it is likely the result of a DMCA copyright strike that was leaked to Twitch by the rights owners of the anime. The ban appears to be similar to the one imane “Pokimane” Anys issued on Friday evening. Anys, who streams for offline TV, the same streaming group as Wang, received a DMCA complaint while streaming Avatar: The Last Airbender
Anys’ punishment wasn’t too severe, however. Her channel’s lockdown only lasted 48 hours, according to her tweets, before it was brought back online. Anys then went live on a 12-hour stream on Monday morning, the day after she got her account back, and averaged around 27,000 viewers for most of the stream. Based on numbers from Twitch tracker
While the situations certainly seem similar, it is still unclear whether Wang’s channel will be available again in the same timeframe as Any’s channel. Wang himself did not officially comment on the ban, but tweeted: “You really couldn’t have waited another 20 minutes, could you?”
You really couldn’t have waited 20 minutes, huh
– Toast (@DisguisedToast) January 11, 2022
Many Twitch streamers have viewed and responded to copyrighted content in what streamers call the “TV meta” over the past several months. While this meta has garnered impressive viewership for many streamers, there has always been a risk of DMCA strikes from the shows’ original owners. And with a second ban, there seems to be more if streamers keep broadcasting a variety of copyrighted content.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
