OBS and Streamlabs reach agreement after plagiarism controversy Streamlabs \/ OBSStreaming services OBS and Streamlabs have reached an agreement following controversy in November 2021. Streamlabs was accused of stealing OBS\u2019 name, as well as plagiarizing from other streamer tool developers and using photos of Twitch stars like Imane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys without their consent. Streamlabs was criticized on November 17 after a number of streaming tools developers \u2014 and streamers themselves \u2014 accused the company of stealing and plagiarism, as well as using photos of streamers in promotion material without their consent. The developers behind Lightstream claimed Streamlabs copied their website to promote their new Studio service. Open-source streaming software OBS also accused Streamlabs of stealing their name \u2014 for Streamlabs OBS \u2014 after originally being asked not to use it. \ud83e\udd21 Hey, can I copy your homework? \u25bd Yeah, just change it up a bit so it\u2019s not obvious you copied. \ud83e\udd21 Bet. pic.twitter.com\/xODY5uDZeP \u2014 Lightstream (@Lightstream) November 16, 2021 However, OBS and Streamlabs have reached an agreement on December 24 to \u201ccommit to a long-term collaboration\u201d. \u201cIn the past few weeks, [the OBS team] have been in discussion with Streamlabs to have a transparent conversation on trust and partnership, and together, we now have a plan moving forward,\u201d they said in a statement. \u201cBoth of our teams have a shared mission to support streamers, and the industry is better when we can all work together. We are happy to have Streamlabs support the project in the long-term so we can continue to build tools for the community.\u201d Streamlabs added to OBS\u2019 statement, saying: \u201cOur goal has always been to serve creators, and we are grateful for the opportunity to establish a better relationship to do that.\u201d Streamlabs has also removed the name OBS from all their products, renaming to Streamlabs Desktop. We are grateful to Jim and the team for the open dialogue. Without your hard work, Streamlabs would not be possible. Our goal has always been to serve creators, and we are grateful for the opportunity to establish a better relationship to do that. \u2014 Streamlabs (@streamlabs) December 24, 2021 Streamlabs\u2019 new response has still been met with criticism from creators following the widespread accusations. Earlier claims from the likes of Pokimane saw numerous Twitch stars vow to never use Streamlabs again after using photos of them without their permission. Some are choosing to stand by the boycott, but big names are yet to speak out on the latest agreement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
OBS and Streamlabs reach agreement after plagiarism controversy Streamlabs \/ OBSStreaming services OBS and Streamlabs have reached an agreement following controversy in November 2021. Streamlabs was accused of stealing OBS\u2019 name, as well as plagiarizing from other streamer tool developers and using photos of Twitch stars like Imane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys without their consent. Streamlabs was […]<\/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-56873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56873","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=56873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}