Recently, the Twitch updated its Terms of Use in accordance with the DMCA (Copyright, known as Digital Millennium Copyright Act) and a great daily nuisance has been happening. That's because content creators now have to deal with their content being taken down by copyright complaints - aka Copyright Claim or Copyright Strike (in severe cases), and a new gigantic wave has been affecting several streamers that use the Twitch platform.
In practice, according to Twitch itself, copyright regulations already existed and were followed based on requests from record labels and their respective holders, however, in recent days, there has been a significant increase in removal requests. The move sparked debate among streamers because many streamers tend to leave songs they're listening to as soundtracks. Some have had older content removed and have been notified that if they continue to use the songs and/or audios, will be banned from the platform.
Follow the official note from Twitch on Twitter (translated by me for Portuguese):
“During this week, we've seen an increase in DMCA takedown requests for clips with background music from 2017-2019. If you're unsure about the rights to audio in past streams, we recommend removing these clips. We know that many of you have large files, and we are working to make that process easier.”
Here's Twitch's official Twitter note at English directly from the post:
https://twitter.com/TwitchSupport/status/1269851779790929921
To better contextualize the DMCA – Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, it is a law of the United States of America that limits the liability of online service providers for copyright infringement caused by their users. Platform requirements include removing material after receiving an infringement notice and having (or implementing) a policy to prevent recurrence.
And you, what did you think of Twitch's new measures and on the subject? Participate! 🙂
