YouTube star MrBeast’s record-breaking ‘lost at sea’ video was hit with a copyright claim after an animator claimed he’d used their animation without permission.

On August 5, Donaldson uploaded a video where he and his crew were effectively ‘lost at sea’ for seven days. The uploadbroke YouTube’s record for most views gained in 24 hours for a non-music videoand went viral across social media.

MrBeast Lost at Sea video

However, on August 17, fans noticed that the video had suddenly gone missing. Users were met with amessagethat read, “This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Tsuriel Design.”

Viewers were quick to notice an interaction on Twitter that seems to have been the reason for the copyright claim.

In response to a post where MrBeast celebrated breaking a YouTube record, a user namedTsuriel Designsnoticed that someone on MrBeast’s team seemingly used one of their animations without first getting their permission.

“Hey!” they wrote in a tweet on August 6. “It looks like someone on the editing team took my animation for this video without compensation or permission.”

MrBeast with kick logo on his face

Hey! Looks like someone on the editing team took my animation for this video without compensation or permission 🤔🤔

The animation in question is a two-second clip of a smartphone button changing from a moon to a sun in order to denote the changing of the days for MrBeast’s ‘stranded’ crew.

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The copyright claim has sparked quite theconversation online, with many viewers debating the ethics of claiming an entire video over a two-second animation.

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This is why the MrBeast raft video was taken down on YouTube… Insane. This is a 2 second animation used from a design company that apparently MrBeast team didn’t have the rights to. Should companies be able to claim an entire vid for a 2 sec animation?? Technically it does…pic.twitter.com/mpgl1bNdgh

Thus far, Tsuriel Designs has yet to publish a response to the situation, leaving fans upset that MrBeast’s viral video isn’t available to watch.

This is just the latest drama MrBeast has found himself in after hecalled out scammers for using his name and branding to con fans out of money.