Tournament organizer PGL handed out multiple copyright strikes to beloved\u00a0Dota 2\u00a0<\/em>content creators today, triggering channel terminations for some. At the time of writing, NoobFromUA and\u00a0Dota\u00a0Digest are the two most well-known content creators affected by the strikes.<\/p>
The news burst into the\u00a0Dota 2<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>world after\u00a0NoobFromUA posted on X (formerly Twitter)<\/a>\u00a0announcing that his channel, with over one million subscribers, would be terminated on March 4 due to PGL’s serial copyright strikes.<\/p>
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PGL hitting NoobFromUA<\/a>\u00a0without warning rubbed the\u00a0Dota 2<\/em>\u00a0community the wrong way, and many questioned how legit these claims are. In the\u00a0Dota 2<\/em>\u00a0content creation world, taking footage from\u00a0Dota\u00a0TV<\/a>\u00a0is fair game. Tournament organizers can’t own the gameplay footage, but it’s still forbidden to pull any content from official tournament streams. This allows content creators to create highlight videos from in-game replays that, on paper, belong to Valve.<\/p>
Since PGL doesn’t own the actual gameplay footage, most of these copyright strikes look baseless. While many hope this was a mistake on PGL’s side and the claims were automated,\u00a0other fans on Reddit<\/a>\u00a0think it could be a well-timed attack on some of\u00a0Dota 2’s<\/em>\u00a0most beloved channels. It could just be a coincidence that Dota Digest and NoobFromUA were both one infringement away from termination and received copyright strikes at the same time, but\u00a0PGL isn’t a stranger to controversy<\/a>.<\/p>
Most of these channels focused on uploading highlight videos of professional matches as soon as they were over. Considering how long Dota 2<\/em> matches can last<\/a>, highlight videos allow many players with limited time to keep up with the pro scene.<\/p>
