djWHEAT warns Twitch streamers about potential DMCA bans for watching TV shows Pexels\/TwitchTwitch streamers have been warned by djWHEAT about DMCA bans after more and more creators have been streaming shows and movies on the platform. The issues between creators and record labels have been ongoing since Twitch started handing out bans to streamers that were violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). After an influx of DMCA strikes, Twitch released tools that now help streamers identify copyrighted content. Eventually, the platform reached agreements with some labels to protect creators from strikes altogether. However, while some streamers have refrained from listening to copyrighted music, many have begun broadcasting their reactions to TV shows and movies. A tweet from popular Twitch creator CohhCarnage on December 26 put a spotlight on the issue of streamers reacting to TV shows and movies. The creator noted that previously it\u2019d never been fine to rebroadcast TV and movies: \u201cNoticing a lot of streamers are watching shows and reacting. No shade, more power to them! But I mean, is this OK to do?\u201d Carnage continued in another tweet: \u201cAlso for all the people thinking I\u2019m feigning ignorance here, that ain\u2019t the case. Justin.TV got hammered for this when it changed to Twitch. Now people do it all the time.\u201d Also for all the people thinking I’m feigning ignorance here, that ain’t the case.https:\/\/t.co\/fKxMVL2yiy got hammered for this when it changed to Twitch. Now people do it all the time. I figured something had to have changed I just didn’t know about to see if as much as we do. \u2014 Cohh Carnage (@CohhCarnage) December 27, 2021 The series of tweets from Carnage got a lot of attention from the Twitch community, and even Marcus \u2018djWHEAT\u2019 Graham \u2014 Head of Twitch Community Productions \u2014 responded. He clarified that it\u2019s not okay, and it\u2019s never been okay, to stream shows and movies on the site. \u201cIt\u2019s absolutely not okay. Just like it has never been ok to stream music. This is just as DMCA\u2019able as anything else,\u201d Marcus said. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to say why streamers have not been targeted, but just like music, it\u2019s probably just a matter of time.\u201d It\u2019s absolutely not ok. Just like it has never been ok to stream music. This is just as DMCA\u2019able as anything else. Hard to say why streamers have not been targeted, but just like music, it\u2019s probably just a matter of time. This is not an official Twitch take, just my own. \u2014 djWHEAT (@djWHEAT) December 26, 2021 Former Twitch employee and streamer ShannonZKiller also weighed in on the situation: \u201cIt\u2019s not ok and it\u2019s only a matter of time before this DMCApocalypse kicks off too.\u201d It\u2019s not ok and it\u2019s only a matter of time before this DMCApocalypse kicks off too \u2014 Shannon (@shannonplante) December 27, 2021 \u201cA very quick way to get three strikes also if a rights holder catches your backlog,\u201d said the Video Game Attorney. \u201cHighly don\u2019t recommend doing this without a formal license.\u201d Very quick way to get three strikes also if a rights holder catches your backlog. Highly don\u2019t recommend doing this without a formal license. \u2014 Ryan Morrison (@Morrison) December 26, 2021 As stated by many creators and even Twitch employees themselves, it\u2019s only a matter of time before streamers are hit with DMCA strikes for reacting to copyrighted content on stream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
djWHEAT warns Twitch streamers about potential DMCA bans for watching TV shows Pexels\/TwitchTwitch streamers have been warned by djWHEAT about DMCA bans after more and more creators have been streaming shows and movies on the platform. The issues between creators and record labels have been ongoing since Twitch started handing out bans to streamers that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}