FORMER Man City striker Sergio Agüero has been banned from Twitch.
Twitch is an online platform where content creators often stream themselves playing games live for viewers.
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As you might expect for a former football player, Agüero used to be found on the service playing games from the FIFA series.
He set up his channel in 2020, and this is the first time that his account has been banned.
There are a number of reasons why streamers are banned from Twitch.
This includes streaming sexual content, breaking the law on stream, or harassing other users.
However, it seems that Agüero’s ban is due to something much less controversial.
The former star’s ban is apparently released due to copyright infringement.
When you now try to watch the channel, a message appears saying: “Content from this channel has been removed at the request of the copyright holder.”
This means that he likely showed clips from trailers, movies or TV shows without giving commentary.
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Showing some amount of copyrighted material is allowed under fair use as long as streamers give input on the content, such as commentary or criticism.
However, sometimes copyright strikes appear in error due to automated systems.
Many people have videos removed or muted because of music they are playing, or even music that is playing in-game.
It’s unclear what Agüero was showing on his channel, but he is also known for watching and commenting on old football games on his channel.
In April, he reportedly was being investigated by prosecutors for instigating violence against a referee while he was watching a match on his channel.
Written by Georgina Young on behalf of GLHF.
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