Let’s Fight DMCA!

TwitchBeat - November 11, 2020
Let’s Fight DMCA!

Twitch streamer Asmongold is a popular World of Warcraft streamer on the platform with over 1.7 million followers. He is also one of the co founders of the new organization OTK that stands for One True King, together with fellow streamers Rich Cambell, Mizkif, Esfand, and TipsOut. Asmongold recently shared an idea to his fans and viewers during his live stream of a way of how the Twitch community can come together to fight DMCA claims on their content.

In the ongoing process of the DMCA takedown drama on Twitch, they have already issued several strikes or even bans on some Twitch streamer’s channels including partnered streamers who are not safe from the strikes. It has caused them to delete all their past VOD’s and clips to avoid getting permanently banned on the platform. The community has been vocal with their criticism of this new crackdown sharing their own opinions regarding the issue, which is what Asmongold just did. During the stream, Asmongold jokingly detailed a plan that would see the community raise enough funds to change legislation surrounding fair use.

He stated during the stream; “You know what we need to do, I’ve seen how much money these politicians cuck out for, These Politicians will cuck out for like 20 grand. What we need to do is we need to get money, we need to do a donation goal to get enough money to bribe a politician to change the DMCA laws. That’s what we do, we need to lobby to change the DMCA laws. I think that’s what we do, we fight corruption with corruption”.