In recent years, the lofi music It has not stopped gaining followers. It is a perfect musical style to reach the concentration and that many people use to study or even work. Within this world, the best-known channel that exists is that of Lofi Girl, who had been streaming on YouTube for two years in a row. Today, that streak has stopped due to a copyright infringement that is not real.
Lofi Girl is arrested for a false copyright claim. Seriously YouTube?
LoFi music has a name. When you think of this musical style, it is normal that the image of the girl studying comes to mind, that is, the streaming of Lofi Girl. This account has almost 11 million subscribers on the platform and has a very strong base of users who listen to this relaxing radio every day.
After two years in a row of music without interruptionsthe Lofi Girl channel has been stopped due to a copyright claim. The channel has been suspended until further notice for breaking YouTube’s rules. However, the creators behind this profile claim that it is a false claim.
What do we know about it?
If we access the Lofi Girl channel now, we will get the typical warning that streaming is unavailable due to copyright lawsuit. The channel itself has posted a comment with a link to Twitter where they explain their point of view:
The lofi radios have been taken down because of false copyright strikes, hopefully @YouTubeCreators @Youtube will sort this quickly… pic.twitter.com/X01hL6jT2N
— Lofi Girl (@lofigirl) July 10, 2022
Apparently, all this blockage is due to a ‘FMC Music Sdn Bhd Malaysia’ lawsuit. However, the administrators of the Lofi Girl account are totally sure that it is a series of false claims who only seek to end this YouTube profile.
For now, Lofi Girl has only received a strike, but it has been enough for the profile to be inactive for a few days. The profile has complained on Twitter that the claim is totally falsebecause the music they broadcast on their channel is always copyleft. Fortunately, TeamYouTube has responded to the complaint —it only took 24 hours, almost a record—, and they have confirmed the suspicions of the Lofi Girl account:
confirmed the takedown requests were abusive & terminated the claimants account 😔 we’ve resolved the strikes + reinstated your vids – it can sometimes take 24-48 hours for everything to be back to normal! so sorry this happened & thx for your patience as we sorted it out ❤️🩹
—TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) July 11, 2022
According to TeamYouTube, Lofi Girl’s account has been massively reported by a number of users. Apparently the users who have made this false claim have been banned from YouTube and Lofi Girl will be back to normal in the next 24-48 hours. TeamYouTube has apologized for the inconvenience and has also commented that the strike will disappear from the profile. However, YouTube has once again made a fool of itself. Your comment is filling up with complaining about your way of moderating content on the platform.
2022 and we continue to moderate as in Forocoches
It seems incredible that at this point, a YouTube profile with millions of followers and millions of daily views can be removed from the platform for a reason. massive report of trolls. without a single human the automatic process intervenes. In these cases, TeamYouTube’s apologies sound like little. Do you really think that what just happened is good publicity for YouTube?
In addition, the TeamYouTube message has opened the box of thunder. Many users have replied saying yes, that in this case they agree with the creator. But that, in the remaining 99.99% of the cases —which are not so big— the trolls they get their way and manage to eliminate the profile based on false reports, since there is not a single worker who is dedicated to confirming if the report is real or if it is a plot.
Years ago YouTube should have put a solution to this problem. Meanwhile, it seems that everything will continue with this irresponsible ‘law of the strongest’.
