10-27-2020, 07:41 AM
Twitch Continues To Get Criticized By Music Industry
<p>In the past months, Twitch has struggled with onslaughts of DMCA takedown notices and the use of non-licensed music on the platform. The company recently set up a <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/twitch-streamers-are-getting-dmca-takedown-notices-again/1100-6483555/">Twitch Soundtrack service</a> to offer licensed music to streamers, but some music organizations aren't convinced that Twitch is taking the necessary steps to address the issues.</p><p dir="ltr">According to <a href="https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/twitch-amazon-unlicensed-music-riaa-recording-academy-1234815503/">Variety</a>, Twitch and its parent company Amazon received a letter signed by major US music institutions, including RIAA, the Recording Industry Association of America. It accuses the platform of letting streamers ignore copyright laws and failing to secure the proper copyright licenses for the Soundtrack tool.</p><p dir="ltr">The letter claims that Twitch did not get synch (audio-only use) and mechanical (video use) licenses for Soundtrack. It also asserts that Twitch "allow[s] and enabl[es] its streamers to use our respective members' music without authorization, in violation of Twitch's music guidelines." The letter elaborates, "Twitch appears to do nothing in response to the thousands of notices of music infringement that it has received nor does it currently even acknowledge that it received them, as it has done in the past."</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/twitch-continues-to-get-criticized-by-music-industry/1100-6483757/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>
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<p>In the past months, Twitch has struggled with onslaughts of DMCA takedown notices and the use of non-licensed music on the platform. The company recently set up a <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/twitch-streamers-are-getting-dmca-takedown-notices-again/1100-6483555/">Twitch Soundtrack service</a> to offer licensed music to streamers, but some music organizations aren't convinced that Twitch is taking the necessary steps to address the issues.</p><p dir="ltr">According to <a href="https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/twitch-amazon-unlicensed-music-riaa-recording-academy-1234815503/">Variety</a>, Twitch and its parent company Amazon received a letter signed by major US music institutions, including RIAA, the Recording Industry Association of America. It accuses the platform of letting streamers ignore copyright laws and failing to secure the proper copyright licenses for the Soundtrack tool.</p><p dir="ltr">The letter claims that Twitch did not get synch (audio-only use) and mechanical (video use) licenses for Soundtrack. It also asserts that Twitch "allow[s] and enabl[es] its streamers to use our respective members' music without authorization, in violation of Twitch's music guidelines." The letter elaborates, "Twitch appears to do nothing in response to the thousands of notices of music infringement that it has received nor does it currently even acknowledge that it received them, as it has done in the past."</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/twitch-continues-to-get-criticized-by-music-industry/1100-6483757/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/twitch...01-10abi2f