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• The team’s account was repeatedly hit with a copyright strike by YouTube 
• Eventually, they gave up after multiple tries to air their own product 
• DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news 

By Jake Fenner

Published: 05:37 BST, 10 May 2024 | Updated: 05:37 BST, 10 May 2024

In a bizarre situation of copyright ‘infringement’, YouTube shut down the live stream of a WNBA game that was set up by one of the teams because the content ‘belongs to someone else’.

WNBA fans were hoping to watch the New York Liberty taking on the Connecticut Sun on the Google-owned video platform, which would normally not be broadcast live.

It’s not clear what the issue was, but YouTube kept shutting down the stream over and over again.

‘This live stream has been terminated due to continuously unmonitored use of content that belongs to somebody else,’ a message read on the livestream link the team posted before the game.

Another screenshot from the stream showed a message saying the broadcast was ‘suspended for policy violations’. 

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YouTube continued to shut down the Connecticut Sun – New York Liberty livestream

Even though it was set up by the team’s account itself, the Sun weren’t allowed to stream it

Eventually, the team gave up and sadly informed their fans that nothing would work for them

Other attempts by the Sun to get the stream back up and running faced a same problem – but this time, it led to a notice saying the video wasn’t available because it contained ‘content from Videocities NBA Account, who has blocked it on copyright grounds.’

Eventually, the Sun gave up after too many tries were stonewalled by the site. 

‘Sorry Sun Fans, we tried our best to livestream,’ the team posted on Twitter. ‘I guess we’ll just have to see you in person all season long.’

Neither the Sun nor YouTube responded to requests for comment from the New York Post. 

According to YouTube’s guidelines on copyright issues with live streams, it reads,  ‘When third-party content is identified, a placeholder image may replace your live stream. You’ll be warned to stop streaming the third-party content. If you comply with this warning and address the issues, your stream can continue.

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‘If the third-party content remains in your stream, your live stream will be temporarily interrupted or terminated. Your stream can also be terminated if you get a copyright or Community Guidelines strike.’

Connecticut State Police arrested a man Wednesday morning who allegedly assaulted a woman, bound her with rope and held a knife to her throat when she tried to leave his campsite in Willington.

The victim told police she visited Jonathan Yokabaskas Tuesday night in a wooded area where he lives in a tent. An argument ensued and the 29-year-old suspect physically forced the woman to the ground and threatened to kill her, the accuser claimed.

Things got worse when she made a second attempt to get away.

“Yokabaskas struck her in the face, again forced her to the ground, and bound her wrists with rope, which she later convinced Yokabaskas to remove,” police said Thursday. “The victim further alleged that in the hours that followed, Yokabaskas threatened to kill her and held a knife against her throat several times.”

Around 8 a.m. Wednesday, the victim said she convinced Yokabaskas to let her drive to an area business where she could use the bathroom. Once inside, she phoned a relative who notified authorities.

State police arrived to find Yokabaskas waiting in his alleged victim’s car. Cops also found a 6-inch knife in the vehicle’s passenger compartment.

Authorities said that based on their initial findings, “the incident met the criteria of a family violence crime,” though the suspect’s relationship with his accuser is unclear. He told police he and the victim were involved in a fight.

The victim was taken to an area hospital for observation. Police said they spotted “visible injuries to her face and hands.”

Yokabaskas was taken into custody and charged with assault, kidnapping, threatening, unlawful restrain and possession of a weapon in a motor vehicle.

He was held on $250,000 bond and was scheduled to be arraigned Thursday at Rockville Superior Court.