Popular streamers have been wrestling with DMCA takedowns for the past month, with very little help from Twitch.
“Don’t play recorded music in your stream unless you own all rights in the music, or you have the permission of the necessary rights holder(s),” Twitch wrote in a blog post today. “Doing this is the best protection for your streams going forward. If you’re unsure whether you own all the rights, it’s pretty likely you don’t. If you want to include recorded music in your stream, use a fully licensed alternative like Soundtrack by Twitch, or other rights cleared music libraries such as Soundstripe, Monstercat Gold, Chillhop, Epidemic Sound, and NCS.”
An anonymous Twitch representative told Shantynews that another easy way to avoid DMCA takedowns on the platform was to simply delete your channel.
While some folks may find this to be too aggressive of an option, we really have to think about the copyright holders. Won't someone think of the massive media conglomerates?
- posted by Chad F. Influencer
