As the world becomes increasingly dominated by social media, it makes sense that policing copyright infringement would become a bigger priority than ever before. After all, the use of copyright claims has already been a force for good in the gaming world a number of times, one instance being in June last year when Twitch sued a handful of users that wereillegally streaming copyrighted movies on the site. However, on occasion, copyright strikes don’t exactly work how they’re intended to.
Case in point, February 2, wherePlayStation’sofficial Twitter icon was hit with a copyright strike, the image replaced by a caption simply reading “Media not displayed. This image has been removed in response to a report from the copyright holder.” It seems PlayStation had hilariously managed to launch a copyright claim against its own profile’s icon, soon going viral as Twitter users found the company’s situation hilarious.
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Naturally, there’s also the possibility that PlayStation’s profile picture was taken down by other Twitter users as a prank. It’s not as if this is a rare occurrence online either, with YouTube, in particular, often seeing a number of videos taken down by aggravated viewers hoping tocopyright strike content creatorsto cut off their monetization. Whether the copyright strike was a prank orchestrated by Twitter users or perhaps simply a mistake on PlayStation’s part is unknown, however, the company now has its profile picture back so it appears the humorous incident was harmless in the long run.
It seems the company is going to need it as well, with the PlayStation Twitter page likely to get a lot of traffic in the next few weeks if rumors about an upcomingPlayStation Meetingare to be believed. Allegedly, the event will see Sony finally show off the highly-anticipated PlayStation 5, which will no doubt draw a lot of eyes to the company seen as it has remained incredibly tight-lipped on what features will ship with the console and what launch games fans can expect to play on it.
Regarding the latter, it seems there are a number of new rumors regarding which titles Sony could be looking to ship with the PlayStation 5.Ratchet andClank, Gran Turismo, Godfall,and aDemon’s Soulsremakeare among the prevailing theories, which seems to indicate that Sony’s next big press event will have some big reveals for fans. PlayStation’s social media accounts will no doubt need to be as presentable as possible as it reveals some of the biggest news in the console manufacturer’s history later this month and the return of its Twitter profile picture is no doubt a good start.
