"Twitch continues to turn a blind eye to the same users repeatedly violating the law while pocketing the proceeds of massive unlicensed uses of recorded music," Glazier wrote. The RIAA chairman and CEO Mitch Glazier reacted to Twitch's statement, saying it did not address the issues pointed out in the original letter, and that the company is "neglecting" artists' rights and exploiting their music without due compensation. It also clarified that Twitch "responds to each valid DMCA notification it receives by removing the allegedly infringing content expeditiously in compliance with DMCA requirements." Twitch replied in a statement to Variety, denying the letter's claims and saying that Soundtrack is a "fully licensed service." The company added that it's been supporting the music economy through royalties and licensing fees, and added that it's partnered with labels, distributors and publishers to provide opportunities to artists on the platform. The letter was addressed to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Twitch CEO Emmett Shear, and was signed by 18 organisations, including the American Association of Independent Music, the Music Managers Forum, the National Music Publishers Association, the Recording Industry Association of America, and the SAG-AFTRA. The signatories also accused Twitch of "doing nothing" in response to notices of music infringement sent its way. "We are further concerned that Twitch continues to host and widely make available unlicensed music on its platform despite the company's announcements, most recently in June 2020, that it would remove such unlicensed music." "We are also deeply disappointed that Twitch continues to allow and enable its streamers to use our respective members' music without authorisation, in violation of Twitch's music guidelines," the letter read. While the service does provide licensed tracks from independent labels, the publication pointed out that it lacks partnerships with the three music majors - Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and Universal Music Group - and doesn't have some of the rights on the songs it has licensed. The letter condemned Twitch's decision to make music synchronisation licenses (also known as "synch") and mechanical licenses not needed for its Soundtrack service, Variety reported. Not going to lie- this solution seems pretty Poggers.Several music organisations in the US sent an open letter to Twitch criticising the recent launch of its Soundtrack tool, which gives content creators access to a library of music to use on their streams. Twitch also announced they were going to try to license with certain music studios to ensure that streamers could play certain music and be safe from a DMCA strike. Twitch came to the decision to publicly apologize for the situation and their response to it, or lack thereof. Until today, Twitch has been silent on the matter, but, as of 14 hours ago (1 pm December 17th, 2020), Twitch hosted a virtual town hall to discuss problems. Now, doesn’t that seem counterproductive? Especially since Twitch is a GAME streaming platform. Most streamers have just adopted a policy of not playing music, but even then you’re not completely safe because of the possibility of Video Game Music being a trigger for it. Recently streamers have been receiving strikes, suspensions, and even channel BANS as a result of playing music that normally wouldn’t fall under DMCA Laws. But, recently, DMCA strikes have been seeing a sharp incline, but why? Don’t play copyrighted music, and you don’t get banned. Until now, DMCA has not been a major issue, and it was typically very easy to stay out of trouble. Have you ever noticed that you never really hear popular music on someone’s stream? Well, you can thank DMCA for that. Basically, this is just a law that makes sure a musician’s music/sounds are safe and not being abused. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a 1998 United States copyright law that implements two 1996 treaties of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Anyone who is a regular to streaming sites such as Twitch or Youtube have probably heard the news on recent DCMA Strikes, but what exactly even IS a DMCA Strike?įirst, we need to discuss what DMCA means.
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