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Content creator and Sony Santa Monica writer Alanah Pearce found herself on the wrong end of an overenthusiastic DMCA takedown on Twitch today, when her channel was banned after reacting to preview footage from the upcoming Zelda Tears of the Kingdom.
Pearce flagged up the ban via her Twitter account, saying “lol my Twitch just got suspended mid-stream because I was reacting to SkillUpYT’s Zelda preview video” – logging her out of her channel and meaning any users and followers who searched for her channel were met with an error message. This was despite the fact (as mentioned) she was reacting to a video of pre-recorded, pre-approved footage of the game posted by SkillUp who attended a preview event in Australia.
She went into further detail in a YouTube video to her followers on the ban, and followed up with a comment that explained it was Nintendo themselves who issued the takedown notice to Twitch. The story does have a happy ending though, as Pearce was able to contest the takedown and have her channel restored within a couple of hours of the notice being issued.
While there’s been no official comment from Nintendo on Pearce’s ban, it’s believed the company is taking an extra hardline stance on Zelda-related content online following a major leak of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom. Last week, a bunch of footage was circulating on various social media sites, with Nintendo swiftly contacting the sites to have the offending content removed. This also included a number of requests to sites like Github to have homebrew Switch emulators removed to try and stop the spread of the game’s files – although on this occasion, it seems they’ve been a little over-eager.
Luckily, fans shouldn’t be waiting too much longer for the game itself – as The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom is set to launch this Friday, May 12. For more on the game, check out our Tears of the Kingdom abilities list – all of Link’s new abilities explained and Tears of the Kingdom Ultrahand ability explained
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