YouTube is in the process of restoring two long-running and widely popular music live streams hosted by Lofi Girl after suspending them on Sunday (July 10) over baseless copyright claims. The channel's flagship stream "lofi hip hop radio - beats to relax/study to" was taken down as well as "beats to sleep/chill to."
In a statement, Lofi Girl claimed the streams had been taken down by "false copyright strikes" and posted a message from YouTube containing information about the suspension.
On Monday morning, YouTube apologized for the removal of the streams and confirmed that the copyright claims had been false. "[C]onfirmed the takedown requests were abusive & terminated the claimants account," YouTube posted in a tweet, adding that the strikes would be removed and the streams reinstated in the next day or two.
confirmed the takedown requests were abusive & terminated the claimants account we've resolved the strikes + reinstated your vids – it can sometimes take 24-48 hours for everything to be back to normal! so sorry this happened & thx for your patience as we sorted it out
— TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) July 11, 2022
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