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Twitch streamers were issued tons of DMCA takedown notices today - Polygon

Twitch streamers were issued tons of DMCA takedown notices today - Polygon

Twitch streamers were issued tons of DMCA takedown notices today - Polygon
Oct 20, 2020 1 min, 3 secs

Twitch has informed streamers across its platform on Tuesday that it has deleted content violating music copyright laws after receiving “a sudden influx of DMCA takedown requests” back in June.

In its warning message to users, which circulated on Twitter this afternoon, Twitch wrote: “We are writing to inform you that your channel was subject to one or more of these DMCA takedown notifications, and that the content identified has been deleted.

Twitch streamers who received these notifications have expressed concern for multiple reasons: They’re unsure which pieces of content violated (or continues to violate) the rules and don’t want to be banned, and they’re upset about old content being deleted without their involvement.

Given the circulation of the notice, it sounds like a lot of Twitch streamers were dinged in violation.

However, a tweet from the Twitch Support account makes this complicated; following the email, Twitch Support tweeted that “going forward, clips that are identified as having copyrighted music will be deleted without penalty to help ensure you do not receive DMCA notifications from rights holders.” We’ve reached out to Twitch for clarification.

The tool is part of Twitch’s response to its music copyright problem; Soundtrack by Twitch curates music that’s safe to stream worldwide

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