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June 11, 2020 07:30 pm

Twitch will begin scanning and deleting clips that contain copyrighted music




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Twitch plans to start automatically scanning clips of live streams for copyrighted music following a wave of takedown requests on years-old videos, which has frustrated streamers over the last week. Twitch says it will automatically delete clips with copyrighted music in them and that it will not penalize streamers — under its current rules, streamers can get strikes for copyright violations that could ultimately lead to a ban.


The culprit here is clips — basically highlights from a larger live stream that have usually been cut out by a fan and saved to the streamer’s page. Twitch already scans the archive of a fully completed stream for copyrighted audio, and it mutes the stream in 30-minute chunks to wipe out anything that might be...



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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/11/21288220/twitch-scan-clips-copyrighted-music-dmca-takedowns-audible-magic

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