Twitch Takes Action Against Copyrighted Content, Despite Streamer Cooperation
Twitch is cracking down on copyrighted content, urging streamers to delete old clips from their channels to avoid receiving DMCA takedown notices. However, even after complying with Twitch’s advice, popular streamer MoonMoon still received a notice.
Streamer Hit with Notice Despite Deleting Video
MoonMoon, a Twitch streamer, was flagged for a video that he had already deleted days prior. The notice was a result of an Abba song being played on his stream in a now-deleted clip that was over 10 days old.
Despite taking action to prevent copyright infringement, MoonMoon expressed frustration, stating, “The clip was deleted in response to the copyright infringement even though I clicked the delete all clips from my channel button over 10 days ago. It had not been deleted until that happened.”
Many other streamers on the platform have also been hit with similar strikes recently. On October 20, hundreds of Twitch partners received DMCA takedown notices, instructing them to familiarize themselves with copyright law and remove any potentially copyrighted content from their channels.
To address these issues, Twitch has been beta testing a new tool called Soundtrack. This tool allows streamers to listen to music without fear of copyright strikes. All the music available on Soundtrack has been approved by the respective owners for use on Twitch streams.
MoonMoon is taking steps to have the recent strike removed from his channel.