SiIvaGunner Termination

The SiIvaGunner Termination was a two-month hiatus in January and February 2019 following the termination of the SiIvaGunner channel.
==Summary==
On January 4, 2019, the SiIvaGunner YouTube channel was terminated due to three simultaneous strikes resulting from multiple reports of copyright infringement by Sony Music Entertainment of Japan. The team addressed the concerns during the MAGFest 2019 SiIvaGunner Panel, as well as a Q&A livestream, reassuring viewers that the project would continue even if the original channel was lost. All YouTube activity during this time was moved to the backup channel SiIvaGunner2. After several complications with YouTube's systems, the channel was eventually restored on February 28, 2019, and the proper Season 3 Finale began.
==Timeline==
===December 19, 2018===
The SiIvaGunner channel attempted to dispute copyright claims on rips that were blocked in Japan due to using music owned by Sony Music Entertainment of Japan. The rips in question were:
*Rules of Nature - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
*Ringside (Alternate Mix) - Rhythm Heaven Fever
*Renai Circulation (Beta Mix) - Bakemonogatari Portable
*Battle Hall - Pokémon Platinum
*Who Do You Voodoo - Dead Island Definitive Edition
*Renai Circulation (Alpha Mix) - Bakemonogatari Portable
*Renai Circulation (Unused Version) - Bakemonogatari Portable
*Live and Learn (Uncut Version) - Sonic Adventure 2
These rips were not freed from copyright claims. Instead, the channel simultaneously got three copyright strikes, and the aforementioned rips were blocked worldwide. Those rips had counter-claims submitted to YouTube and were then fully deleted from the channel. The strikes initially prevented any videos from being uploaded to the channel for two weeks, much like the Hot One Break, Short Pause, and King for a Day Tournament Break, which were also caused by copyright strikes.
To prevent further problems, the following rips were also deleted due to also having copyright claims:
*Credits - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven
*Credits (Beta Mix) - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven
*Ending - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle
*Natsuiro Egao de 1,2,Jump! (NICO Mix) - Love Live! School idol festival
*Gas Gas Gas (Anniversary Ver.) - Initial D Arcade Stage 7 AA X
*Giga Bowser - Super Smash Bros. Melee
*Square Dance - Team Fortress 2
*Puzzle Room (Program Rhythm) (Beta Mix) - Kirby Planet Robobot
*Also Sprach Brooks - Catherine
Additionally, a handful of rips (such as "Sugar Lane - Sonic Lost World", "Bonus Area (World 5) - New Super Mario Bros.", and "Route 18 - Pokémon X & Y") were removed from the upload schedule so that the appropriately-named "The Grand Finale - Super Smash Bros. UItimate" would become the last rip before uploads paused, though these would eventually be made public after the Season 3 finale.
The copyright strikes caused the Grinch Takeover to be cut short, with a comic posted on Christmas Day becoming the takeover's official ending.
===January 4, 2019===
Around 11:50 AM EST (GMT-5), YouTube rejected the counter-claims against the rips affected by Sony Music of Japan, causing the SiIvaGunner channel to be terminated. Most active backroom members at the time were attending MAGFest 2019, making it especially difficult to resolve the situation. The @GiIvaSunner Twitter account posted tweets addressing the situation and directing people to SiIvaGunner2 (at the time "SiIvaGunner (backup)")."And yes, we’re well aware of the situation with our channel right now. We will be discussing it as well as our plans for the future on the panel and the online Q&A. The online Q&A will be at GMT-5 so it is important that you tune in. tinyurl.com/siivagunnernice" - Tweet by @GiIvaSunner. Twitter. January 4, 2019."In the meantime, here is the link to our backup channel. tinyurl.com/siivagunnernice We’ll have more details in the future! #highqualityRIP" - Tweet by @GiIvaSunner. Twitter. January 4, 2019.
===January 5===
The MAGFest 2019 SiIvaGunner Panel was held. Since the panel came so shortly after the channel's termination, information about the termination ended up being worked into the panel. A tweet was also posted about the termination, requesting a response from YouTube."Our channel was taken down because our counter claims email was never sent off by your system, would you be able to help us out in correcting this? @TeamYouTube" - Tweet by @GiIvaSunner. Twitter. January 5, 2019.
SiIvaGunner Termination email 1.jpg|The first screenshot posted in SiIvaGunner's tweet, showing YouTube's rejection of the counter-claims and SiIvaGunner's response.
SiIvaGunner Termination email 2.jpg|The second screenshot posted in SiIvaGunner's tweet, showing SiIvaGunner's counter-claim email sent on December 20, 2018.
The following videos were uploaded to SiIvaGunner2:
*The Real SiIvaGunner ***Please watch Q&A for full story***
*SiIvaGunner MAGFest 2019 Q&A Live Stream
*SiIvaGunner Smash UItimate Tournament Top 6 - Part 1
*SiIvaGunner Smash UItimate Tournament Top 6 - Part 2
===January 7===
"Dark World - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past" was made public very briefly as a test.
===January 9===
A selection of the channel's most popular or historically significant rips, plus its major fusion collabs and a few miscellaneous videos, were re-uploaded to celebrate the third anniversary of GiIvaSunner."we're reuploading some of our nicest rips today. check it out >:]" - Tweet by @GiIvaSunner. Twitter. January 9, 2019. Chaze the Chat explained that this was done to celebrate the channel's third anniversary, and to show why he loves SiIvaGunner."Yesterday was the third anniversary of the day I made the GiIvaSunner channel. The last two anniversaries weren't really anything special, but this year I really wanted to show just exactly why I love the channel." - Tweet by @the8bits. Twitter. January 10, 2019. All of these rips were released on the album SiIvaGunner: Starter Kit & Essentials, the only album to be released during the termination.
===January 10===
The upload schedule from the previous day continued past midnight with two brand new videos: the edit of "Crab Rave" played at the MAGFest panel, and the announcement video for SiIvaGunner: Starter Kit & Essentials, respectively:
*Circus (Terminated Mix) - Five Nights at Freddy's
*An Essential Announcement
Later in the day, a few more videos were re-uploaded:
*The Dark World - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
*Remix 10 - Rhythm Heaven Fever
*Lost Woods (Complete Version) - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
*How to email your SiivaGunner
The first three of these videos are rips that the team forgot to reupload the previous day, despite their inclusion on SiIvaGunner: Starter Kit & Essentials. The last video is the rip "Main Theme - Superman 64" with different metadata.
===February 6===
SiIvaGunner posted on Twitter requesting assistance regarding a technical error in which their counter notifications were being automatically rejected due to an error in YouTube's system."Hey @TeamYoutube, we appear to be experiencing a technical error where our freeform counter-notifications are falsely rejected because the system ends up losing the information sent in them. Can you take a look and help us out?" - Tweet by @GiIvaSunner. Twitter. February 6, 2019.
===February 13===
After numerous attempts from backroom members to get the SiIvaGunner channel back, backroom member ShonicTH posted a thread to Twitter, and Team YouTube's account responded, saying that the message was passed to YouTube's copyright team for review.Twitter thread by @ShonicSSBM. Twitter. February 13, 2019.
===February 14===
The counter-claims were accepted, allowing the channel to eventually be reinstated if Sony Music Entertainment did not respond within 2 weeks."Hey, we just got an email saying that the counter claims have been accepted and were forwarded to the claim owners. Thank you so much for your help." - Tweet by @ShonicSSBM. Twitter. February 14, 2019.
===February 28===
With no response from Sony, the SiIvaGunner channel was reinstated and all videos were restored except the ones that had been removed on December 19, 2018. When the channel returned, Season 3's finale event began, starting with "Emote: Dance Moves (Epic Mix) - Fortnite" immediately after the channel was restored and ending with "The Life and Times of Wade L.D. - A SiIvaGunner Christmas Comeback Crisis Side Story" on March 24.
On SiIvaGunner2, the video "we're back" was uploaded and all the videos from January 9 and 10 were set to unlisted (except for "An Essential Announcement", though it was unlisted later). However, they are still linked to in the SiIvaGunner: Starter Kit & Essentials track notes, and can also be found via the SiIvaGunner2 channel's playlists, which have remained public.
===March 6===
"K.K. House ~ Club Version" was relisted on the SiIvaGunner2 channel, while "Circus (Terminated Mix) - Five Nights at Freddy's" was re-uploaded to the main channel.
== See also ==
*Other rips uploaded on the anniversary of GiIvaSunner:
**[The SilvaGunner Timeline: A Summary of Events]
**Lorule Main Theme (OST Version) - The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
**Mute City (Explicit)
**Super Mario All-Stars Music - SMB2 Overworld
==References==
Category:Breaks
Category:Season 3 events