Lofi Girl told TechCrunch that all of the channel’s music is released through its record label, Lofi Records, so they have the necessary rights to share it. Some even went as far as to spam and troll FMC Music, the Malaysian label that allegedly issued the false copyright complaint, while others created fan art. Yesterday, Lofi Girl addressed the sudden takedown in a tweet, stating that “the lofi radios have been taken down because of false copyright strikes.” In response, fans of Lofi Girl circulated the tag #BringBackLofiGirl to get YouTube’s attention. The animation accompanying the 24/7 livestream - a Studio Ghibli–inspired image of a girl wearing headphones and studying as her cat stares out the window at a cityscape - has been honored in cosplay, replicated by Will Smith and re-created on Cartoon Network’s YouTube channel with a character from “Steven Universe.” Even beyond YouTube, Lofi Girl lives in spin-off communities, including the 30,000-member r/LofiGirl subreddit and a Lofi Girl Discord with 700,000 members.
On the YouTube stream, which currently serves a “this live stream recording is not available” message, one of the top comments reads: “Hopefully it isn’t over yet, this stream is legitimately a hugely important part of YouTube culture.” YouTube is cluttered with hours-long streams of calming music, but the live nature of the “lofi hip hop radio” streams sets it apart.
So when the stream suddenly stopped, fans were worried. Listeners sometimes used the stream’s live chat like an anonymized, distant study group, reminding each other to take breaks and drink water. With over 668 million views, the stream was one of YouTube’s most popular places for people to go when they wanted to listen to calming, yet engaging music while studying or working.
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That is, until YouTube falsely hit the Lofi Girl channel with a DMCA takedown, bringing the beloved streams offline for the first time in over 2 years. In that instance, YouTube similarly restored the channel and said the removal was an error.There are three constants in life: death, taxes and the “ lofi hip hop radio - beats to relax/study to” YouTube stream. YouTube in February 2020 terminated Lofi Girl's channel, then called ChilledCow, for a terms of service violation. The Lofi Girl account has faced similar takedowns from YouTube in the past. The Lofi Girl livestreams have not been restored as of Monday afternoon, but the company said in its tweet that it could be 24 to 48 hours before they reappear on the site. As Insider previously reported, false copyright strikes have long been an issue for YouTube and its creators, as bad actors sometimes falsely report videos they dislike, which can end in their removal.Īccording to YouTube's community guidelines, one copyright strike serves as a warning, but if an account accumulates three strikes over the course of its lifetime, it is subject to termination and the user is forbidden from creating any further YouTube accounts. It said it removed the copyright strikes that were added to the account after the false report. In a tweet sent early Monday, a YouTube spokesperson "confirmed the takedown requests were abusive," adding that the platform had terminated the account of the complainant. It was rebranded from its original name, ChilledCow, last year.
The account has more than 10 million subscribers on YouTube, and its two most popular live streams, which were deleted by YouTube, combined have nearly 800 million total views. Its most popular video, "lofi hip hop radio - beats to relax/study to," features a now-widely recognizable image of an animated woman working at a desk wearing headphones while calm music plays in the background.
The channel was created by the French musician Dmitri in 2015 and is one of the longest running live videos in the history of YouTube, according to a report from VICE. The tweet has earned more than 96,000 likes, a sign of the account's immense popularity.Īnother one of Lofi Girl's popular streams, "beats to sleep/chill to," was also removed as a result of a false copyright strike. Lofi Girl on Sunday claimed that its accounts had been targeted with baseless allegations of copyright violation, tweeting "lofi radios have been taken down because of false copyright strikes." A screenshot of an email sent by YouTube attached to the tweet said the "lofi hip hop radio - beats to relax/study to" and one copyright strike was added to the account. YouTube on Monday admitted it had improperly removed several livestreams from one of the platform's most popular accounts, Lofi Girl, issuing an apology and promising to restore the channels within two days. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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