Ludwig Slams Esports.gg For Stealing His Content
Ludwig claimed that a Twitch employee, who stole his content, then went on to block him on Twitter after he called them out.
16th Mar 2022 12:39
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Ludwig "Ludwig" Ahgren has called out major esports news organisation Esports.gg for apparently stealing his content, as well as that of many more talented creators, and claiming it as their own on TikTok.
YouTuber and Streamer of the Year Ludwig has made his name as one of the most popular content creators in the streaming community. With 2.7 million subs on his main YouTube channel, he has kept fans entertained with his original and fun content. However, it is through his second channel, Mogul Mail, that Ludwig can touch on more serious. In previous times, he has used the channel to get open and honest about his various YouTube bans, being snubbed from Twitch Recap, and how he caused the great Twitch DMCA drama.
Now, Ludwig has once again turned to Mogul Mail to speak out against Esports.gg, who were accused of stealing content from a number of creators, big and small. Esports has since responded to the backlash online as the accusations continue to roll in.
Ludwig Accuses Esports.gg Of Stealing Content From Him And His Employees
In a YouTube video posted on March 16, Ludwig explained the story of how one of his "good buds" and employees "Radstads", who has edited a number of Ludwig's videos, called out Esports.gg for "stealing" people's videos for its TikTok account.
Radstads claimed that the website not only did this with his own edits, but also that of other streamers in the community. After the problem persisted for "weeks", he once again slammed Esports.gg on Twitter. As a result, he was blocked by Esports.gg, and Twitch employee, Christian Bishop.
On numerous occasions, Esports.gg has supposedly downloaded Ludwig's TikToks and then posted them on its own channel without giving any credit to him or Radstads. Explaining the drama in his Mogul Mail video, Ludwig said: "I want to clarify I don't mind people using my clips." However, he continued: "Taking someone else's edit and then spinning it as your own is weird, that's just a weird thing to do. You did zero work [...] you know you're doing something wrong when you get rid of the watermark."
Ludwig also shared a screenshot, first circulated by Radstads, of a conversation between Esports.gg's Head of Digital "Kendryx" and an employee who had raised concerns about Radstad's original accusations. However, Kendryx responded by telling them not to remove the video and let Radstads go because "he's a f**king nobody."
How Did Ludwig Respond To Esports.gg's Apology?
Following on from the backlash on Twitter, Esports.gg issued a statement apologising for its misconduct saying that "in response to the fair criticism we have received today, we have taken down all content, including all of our original content, from TikTok. We will only return to TikTok when we are confident we can meet the high standards of original content we hold ourselves to on Esports.gg. We are, without reservation, deeply sorry."
However, this wasn't good enough for Ludwig who tweeted: "How about you work on treating humans with respect. That's more important than making better TikToks." Radstads similarly wasn't impressed: "This apology is long overdue to me and others and still comes up short. You've known about the issues for months and chose to willingly dismiss it because you thought I wasn't 'relevant' enough to call you out for it and are only apologizing now because the issue went viral."
As of writing, Esports.gg's TikTok account is still listed as having "no content." It's not yet clear what Esports.gg will do to make amends. However, it's clear that neither Ludwig nor Radstads is going to let the team forget about it any time soon.
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Emma Hill
Emma Hill is a former Junior Journalist at GGRecon.
