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After the quasai-confirmed Google buyout Twitch has partnered with Audible Magic to automatically scan VODs (Video On Demand) - which are recorded gameplay sessions on their service - for copyrighted music. If your video is found infringing, the VOD will be muted.
For example, here is a 3 hour video from a popular streamer that has had giant chunks of audio removed.
The most concerning part of this move is, as on youtube, this applies to in game music as well. In my opinion, the confusing narrative of "Come stream your games on Twitch!" coupled with "But if it has music in it you're breaking the law" is completely preposterous.
Unsurprisingly, Audible Magic is far from flawless and is perfectly willing to detect music it was never instructed to block, or even has the right to block:
[tweet t=https://twitter.com/zirconst/status/497150228345421824]
In fact, a Twitch official stream has already been blocked under the new change.
Personally, I'm disappointed with this change. This is exactly the kind of thing the nay-sayers to the Google buyout claimed would happen, and goddamn is it happening.
After the quasai-confirmed Google buyout Twitch has partnered with Audible Magic to automatically scan VODs (Video On Demand) - which are recorded gameplay sessions on their service - for copyrighted music. If your video is found infringing, the VOD will be muted.
For example, here is a 3 hour video from a popular streamer that has had giant chunks of audio removed.
The most concerning part of this move is, as on youtube, this applies to in game music as well. In my opinion, the confusing narrative of "Come stream your games on Twitch!" coupled with "But if it has music in it you're breaking the law" is completely preposterous.
Unsurprisingly, Audible Magic is far from flawless and is perfectly willing to detect music it was never instructed to block, or even has the right to block:
[tweet t=https://twitter.com/zirconst/status/497150228345421824]
In fact, a Twitch official stream has already been blocked under the new change.
Personally, I'm disappointed with this change. This is exactly the kind of thing the nay-sayers to the Google buyout claimed would happen, and goddamn is it happening.