UPDATE, August 26: LS has released a follow-up tweet that the issue has been resolved, and has restored access to his Twitch channel.

Original story:

According to a series of posts on Nick "LS" De Cesare's Twitter account, the streamer and League of Legends esports personality has been issued a DMCA claim on his Twitch channel — while liveviewing the 2022 LEC Summer Playoffs. At the time of this article's publication, visiting LS' Twitch stream is met with a message stating, "Content from this channel has been removed at the request of the copyright holder."

When a Twitter user responded that the reason could potentially be because of LS streaming VODs for several hours prior, LS stated that the videos he streamed were cut up — something he has done for extensively in the past for other Riot events. 

LS' posts about the series of events have received responses from several employees of Riot. "Not familiar with the live-viewing policies from the broadcast side, but I've escalated this internally to hopefully get it to the right team", stated the LEC's Lead Broadcast Producer John "Triaged" Depa. Maximilian Schmidt — former LEC Commissioner and current Head of Esports for League of Legends in EMEA — also responded, stating in a reply tweet, "DMing you to see if I can help."

Liveviewing is the process of livestreaming while watching and providing reactions to an event — in this case, a series of the LEC Summer Playoffs — without displaying footage from the official broadcast. The practice is most notably used by personalities such as LS and Christian "IWDominate" Rivera.

LS has long been one of the most popular streamers and analysts for League esports. His broadcasts regularly garner thousands of live viewers  — having liveviewed events on his channel for several years. In the past, he has worked with Riot's live broadcast team for events such as Worlds, and has worked as a coach for organizations such as Gravity Gaming and Cloud9.