Over the weekend Right Side Broadcasting had it’s live stream abilities taken away by Youtube without any notice or explanation. As RSBN explained, they hadn’t done anything wrong:
After 300 million + views of President @realDonaldTrump rallies and 4 years following the rules on YouTube, our live streaming ability was taken away with no explanation. We have ZERO copyright or community violations on our account. We are shocked. Why, @YouTube? #FreeRSBN pic.twitter.com/WJta2GPUx8
— RSBN 🇺🇸 (@RSBNetwork) September 16, 2019
At first glance it looked like YouTube was censoring RSBN because they livestream Trump rallies so often.
But after a day or so YouTube finally explained what happened and it was a legitimate issue:
UPDATE: We have received confirmation from @YouTube that there was an apparent issue on our 24 hour live stream where copyrighted audio or video unintentionally went out over the air for a few moments without our knowledge.
— RSBN 🇺🇸 (@RSBNetwork) September 16, 2019
YouTube’s automated system detected the copyrighted content and took action. This explains why there was a delay in RSBN finding out what happened:
No copyright claim was made on the video itself, but their system detected the content and that automatically triggered the removal of our live stream and the suspension of our streaming capabilities.
— RSBN 🇺🇸 (@RSBNetwork) September 16, 2019
Because we received no notification or clarification as to what prompted the issue and our account was still in good standing, we were left uncertain as to the reason why our streaming privileges were revoked.
— RSBN 🇺🇸 (@RSBNetwork) September 16, 2019
We are extremely careful about and respect copyright law here at RSBN, so in order to avoid this issue in the future, we have decided to permanently remove our 24 hour live stream in the future if we regain our ability to live stream.
— RSBN 🇺🇸 (@RSBNetwork) September 16, 2019
YouTube is working on the issue and we hope to be back up and able to live stream soon. We appreciate their help in the matter and will report back here when we hear of our streaming fate!
— RSBN 🇺🇸 (@RSBNetwork) September 16, 2019
Because of their exemplary track record, I hope that Youtube reinstates them without penalty. Mistakes happen and they are taking precautions to make sure that never happens again.