NICKMERCS deletes all Twitch VODs as DMCA strikes roll out Twitter, @NICKMERCS \/ TwitchIn the wake of ongoing Twitch DMCA drama, FaZe Clan\u2019s superstar streamer Nick \u2018NICKMERCS\u2019 Kolcheff has deleted all of his VODs and clips, while questioning the recent copyright strikes. On May 28, Twitch revealed that they had received \u201cabout 1,000 individual claims\u201d for DMCA strikes against content creators on the platform \u2014 surrounding VODs and clips in which copyrighted music was played. While Twitch explains they are trying to work with music labels to find a solution, one of the platform\u2019s biggest streamers, NICKMERCS, has preemptively responded. Having deleted all of his VODs and clips, the FaZe streamer and co-owner took some time to address the situation. For MFAM members and fans, Nick\u2019s wholesale deletion is a disappointing erasure of beloved content. In response to that disappointment, the streamer explained why Twitch isn\u2019t to blame and, more importantly, why the entire DMCA debacle is a mess. .@NICKMERCS has deleted all clips and vods due to DMCA \u201cwhen a guy like me plays a song to 50-60k people, you\u2019d be surprised of the effect that has on something.. typically when people want their songs played like that, they have to pay. That\u2019s for free. We\u2019re just doing it\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/sVHRgRBP8M pic.twitter.com\/2bPVS8hQBx \u2014 Wicked Good Gaming (@WickedGoodGames) May 28, 2021 At its core, the DMCA situation is about record labels wanting to be paid for usage of their artists\u2019 music. Recognizing how profitable Twitch and the platform\u2019s streamers have become in recent years, DMCA strikes have risen. The typical backlash against these strikes is that streamers are providing free exposure, a point which NICKMERCS elaborated on during his May 28 stream: \u201cAt the end of the day, what\u2019s going to get these artists paid is people listening to their music. And when a guy like me plays a song to 50-60,000 people \u2026 typically, when people want their songs played like that, they have to pay.\u201d Noting that the issue of licensing is something Twitch has to deal with themselves, Nick seems aware that the situation is a murky one. Ultimately, he even appears intrigued by other, less-traditional solutions. Nick about to start a MFAM record label? \ud83e\udd14 https:\/\/t.co\/485kSpm9w3 pic.twitter.com\/iEDaxywnEN \u2014 Wicked Good Gaming (@WickedGoodGames) May 28, 2021 Unwilling to blame Twitch or the music industry for the situation, NICKMERCS is open to all alternatives: \u201cMaybe we should have our own label \u2026 an MFAM label.\u201d At the moment, it\u2019s unclear how far along Twitch\u2019s conversations have gotten with record labels so it appears that the NICKMERCS VODs and clips will remain deleted. In the meantime, musically inclined MFAM have a good reason to hope that a solution is delayed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NICKMERCS deletes all Twitch VODs as DMCA strikes roll out Twitter, @NICKMERCS \/ TwitchIn the wake of ongoing Twitch DMCA drama, FaZe Clan\u2019s superstar streamer Nick \u2018NICKMERCS\u2019 Kolcheff has deleted all of his VODs and clips, while questioning the recent copyright strikes. On May 28, Twitch revealed that they had received \u201cabout 1,000 individual claims\u201d […]<\/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-56368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56368","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=56368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}