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With these changes to the platform, it may well be that the future of Twitch is a quieter platform, as streamers, afraid of being suspended, stay away from playing music from Spotify, iTunes and YouTube. "Not only do I have a strike on my account, they roasted Lil Uzi," joked the streamer. He claims to have been handed a strike for allegedly playing a song by Lil Uzi Vert, however, Mayayoshi found the offending clip and it instead shows him juggling while circus music plays in the background.

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Some streamers, like "Masayoshi", have also claimed they have been handed DMCA strikes erroneously. I am working hard to get as many of my clips removed as possible right now to prevent a 3rd strike/permaban :( Iâ€™m so sad that this is the only solution that I have right now ðŸ˜¢ I REALLY hope we can figure out a better option for content creators going forward.â€” fuslie June 7, 2020Ĭurrently, Twitch will automatically mute the copyrighted audio and video within full-length VODs but this does not extend to muting clips and it has left many content creators in a difficult situation as the process for deleting potentially thousands of clips is not a quick one. "I REALLY hope we can figure out a better option for content creators going forward." The email that Fuslie received from the Twitch DMCA team (Picture: Fuslie) "I am working hard to get as many of my clips removed as possible right now to prevent a 3rd strike/permaban." She also explained that Twitch had told her the best course of action would be to delete all the clips on her channel but Fuslie would go on to explain how difficult that is in practice.

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Iâ€™ve built this channel up for 5 years and to potentially lose it all so fast to something like this would be devastating." Popular streamer Fuslie spoke for many when she spoke of how stressful it has been since receiving a DMCA notice: "I feel so helpless right now. Twitch states that streamers who incur three DMCA strikes will see their channel permanently deleted.

The DMCA strikes also have creators worried for their channels, with the threat of being banned permanently a real one. It has have proved controversial with some streamers getting hit with strikes on clips over three years old, while others claim that they have been handed strikes erroneously. Twitch has already begun enforcing copyright law more rigorously, as a number of streamers have reported being hit with takedown notice and 24-hour suspensions in the last week. Twitch warns streamers that to fall foul of these guidelines will result in takedown notice, with further punishments included suspensions and outright bans on the table for repeat offenders.

Twitch copyright strikes license#

There are also a number of examples of types of music permitted and not permitted, with users being advised not to play music from any sources they don't have the license for. "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 won or control music rights," reads the new Twitch Music Guidelines.

The updated Terms of Service lays out what is expected from streamers with Twitch making it clear that the use of copyrighted material without permission or the correct license is not acceptable.