One of the rising stars of content creation, Ludwig, has had a very eventful week. Once known as Twitch’s biggest up-and-comers, Ludwig recently announced that he had made the decision to move toYouTube Gaminginstead. That was three days ago. Ludwig has since run his first livestream on YouTube Gaming and to say it ended dramatically would be an understatement. Ludwig’s firstYouTube Gamingstream ended with a copyright claim suspending the broadcast mid-stream.
To start, here’s what happened that led to Ludwig’s first YouTube Gaming livestream being shut down. The streamer was celebrating his jump to YouTube Gaming by going through a list of videos showcasing the “Top 50” vintage videos of the platform. While it wasn’t explicitly clear at the time what led to the copyright claim, Ludwig later said that it waslistening to the song “Baby Shark” live that led to his stream being suspended.
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Before any ofLudwig’s fansstart to worry, the broadcast suspension isn’t a permanent issue or a ban. In fact, Ludwig could have technically started the stream right back up if he chose to. The automated message Ludwig received over the copyright issue even described the situation as a stream “interruption.” Further, it says that streams are re-enabled once they detect that copyrighted material is no long being streamed.
Ludwig is also being dragged online due to something said in his announcement video for hisshift from Twitch to YouTube. At the end of the video, Ludwig switched from a purple to a red car and turned up the music. He was then asked if he’d get in trouble for listening to music, to which Ludwig responded, “Not in this car. Not in this car.” Suffice to say, that’s a bit of karmic retribution in motion.
As funny as Ludwig’s first livestream getting suspended is, he isn’t likely to face any sort of meaningful punishment or repercussions. The harshest thing to come out of the situation isRyan Wyatt, head of gaming at YouTube, responding to the news on Twitter with a gif of The Office’s Michael Scott facepalming.
Still, it’s a good reminder to Ludwig and his followers that he’s ultimately just another content creator. The situation may be exciting, but on YouTube Ludwig will have to follow all of the same rules that other content creators follow on the platform.YouTube Gamingis not so different from Twitch in that regard. It’s just a platform that was willing to pay Ludwig more thanTwitch.
