

In the new video, Pewdiepie doesn’t seem to be trying to change minds about his past behavior. For his part, Pewdiepie appears to be more interested in putting the matter behind him than in reflecting on how he might behave in the future. We at Shacknews condemn Pewdiepie’s offensive behavior during the stream, and do not believe the ensuing apology was sufficient. In response, Pewdiepie posted a new 11-minute video to address the matter, which we have embedded below. That request has since processed, and it resulted in a copyright strike against Pewdiepie’s channel. Sean Vanaman of Campo Santo had strong words for Pewdiepie in the wake of the stream, and indicated he planned to issue a DMCA takedown request on a past video Pewdiepie produced that featured Firewatch gameplay. That incident is not the first time he has drawn criticism for his racist behavior. He recently bounded into the headlines once again after using a racial slur during a live stream. Over the years, Pewdiepie has also courted controversy. While not many reviews don’t exactly say that the game itself is bad, they do state out that Camp Santo will not hesitate to use whatever means to take down things they take offense to and refuse to support them. To be fair, this is actually a pretty fair warning for those who want to play and stream Camp Santo’s games.Felix Kjellberg, better known as Pewdiepie, is a popular streamer who has made millions by streaming video of popular games, including a critically-acclaimed indie title called Firewatch. Most of these reviews really consist of people not recommending the game because the developers behind it are abusing DMCA. He states out that abusing DMCA is wrong but he is also not with his fans when they leave hateful reviews. Pewdiepie himself reached out stating that he does not condone his fans “review bombing” on his twitter account. Their response was to leave reviews reaching out not to buy the game because of a childish developer who takes drastic actions for such simple things he dislikes or takes offense to. They considered it childish and completely unfair to do this to Felix. One has to wonder just how fair the system really is for something that obviously shouldn’t be given a copyright strike.įans of Pewdiepie, even those who aren’t too fond of him, didn’t like this sort of action Vanaman took. Even when they specifically gave permission for it. This means that developers can not only take away videos and take down channels in Youtube Let’s Plays for copyright, they can do it any time they want and for any reason. This is even more ridiculous when you take into consideration that Vanaman not only gave permission but encouraged people to play his game online and even profit from it. He’s filing it because he was offended by a “racist” slur and began to take action. To be blunt, Vanaman isn’t filing a DMCA because of copyright issues.


He even begins to call Pewdiepie a “child” and that he’s sick of his attitude and encourages other developers to file a DMCA against him as well. Fans of Felix Kjellberg were outraged by the unfair treatment of Vanaman and his reason for filing a DMCA in the first place. Things became even more heated when the DMCA strike was actually approved by Youtube. Following the actions of Sean Vanaman, the developer of Firewatch, several fans of Pewdiepie were outraged by his supposed reactions after Pewdiepie blurted out a slang on live stream.
