The war over music copyrights has begun for Twitch users.
Streamers using the popular live game streaming platform are receiving copyright takedown notices for clips posted between 2017 and 2019.
Additional actions against individual accounts may be taken by Twitch if the user includes music that he/she doesn’t own the rights to.
The popular streaming service has recently updated its music use guidelines after getting mass DMCA claims against clips uploaded in the platform using copyrighted background music.
The new music guideline page of the Amazon-owned platform says: “Twitch values the work of songwriters, musicians, and other creative artists.”
“As a company committed to supporting creators, we respect, and ask our users to respect, the intellectual property of those who make music and those who own or control music rights.”
Streamers using copyrighted music in Twitch are threaten with permanent channel suspension
Twitch stars now need to be more vigilant about the music they upload to accompany their streams, but they are also adviced to remove old clips that contain copyrighted music.
Streamers who receive three copyright strikes (alerts for copyright infringement) could see their Twitch channel removed permanently.
What are the new no-no’s on Twitch streams and VODs?
Users can’t share or play unlicensed music or songs that aren’t owned by them.
That means that radio shows, DJ sets, visual music depictions and karaoke, lip synch or cover song performances aren’t allowed anymore on Twitch.
To read the new music guidelines adopted by the platform, click here.
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