The former Twitch streamer Ludwig “Ludwig” Ahgren (26) has been an official YouTube streamer for three days. Now, after three days, he has been banned by YouTube. MeinMMO tells you what happened.
Ludwig Ahgren left his original platform – Twitch – with mixed feelings. He said, he feels unappreciated and unloved by Twitch.
The 26-year-old previously entertained hundreds of thousands of subscribers on Twitch with his streams. He became most well-known through his Subathon, which eventually got so out of hand, that Ludwig even banned viewers who spent too much money.
In his Twitch streams, Ludwig mainly played Pokémon, Valorant, and chess. Otherwise, he simply chatted with his 20,000 to 30,000 viewers in Just Chatting.
Ludwig was banned during his livestream
Ludwig started his info video about the ban with: “Do you want to see something funny?” He chuckled awkwardly. “It’s my third day on YouTube and I got banned from streaming,” Ludwig continued while showing that he was banned.
Ahgren then explained what act led to his ban.
Ludwig wanted to watch the 50 classic YouTube videos of all time with his viewers to find out which one lingers in first place.
In the process, he stumbled upon a children’s video featuring the “Baby Shark Dance” (via YouTube), which has amassed 9.7 billion views. According to Ahgren, he only listened for a few seconds – however, this led to his ban in the middle of the stream.
He remarked that the DMCA regulations are indeed more concerning than he imagined.
Due to YouTube’s reliable ID system, I thought they would hear me playing copyright music and would claim this part for themselves. And they would take the monetization from the livestream and we would share the earnings. But Baby Shark doesn’t work like that; they ban you directly.
Ludwig
Ludwig had never been banned in his first four years on Twitch, but he is taking the experience with him and knows better for next time.
Streams are interrupted when copyright content is detected, according to YouTube in the email Ludwig received. When no copyrighted material is being streamed anymore, the stream will be reactivated, it continues.
Ahgren suspects that he might go live again on Saturday, December 4, and that everything will be okay.
He ended the video and vowed to be a good person now – that won’t happen again. Ludwig ironically apologized for “stealing” 20,000 views from the 9.7 billion of Baby Shark. See you again on Saturday.
What do you think about the system on YouTube? Do you remember “the old days” when anyone could upload what they wanted? Or do you think it’s good that creators can now claim videos and hold people accountable? Feel free to let us know in the comments.
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