The rumoured YouTube buy-out already seems to be changing Twitch

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Copyright sweeps and limited archiving: big changes are coming to Twitch, and users are alarmed.

Twitch today announced two major policy changes, both of which impact end users.

According to the Twitch blog, the service today implemented an audio recognition system. This system checks archived videos for copyright material, and enforces 30 minutes of silence whenever it is detected.

What that means is that if you were playing copyright music during a stream, and then archived that stream, you’ll now have gaping periods of silence, with all audio muted. This applies to in-game music as well.

The change is likely to affect thousands of archived videos, and indeed has even hit some of Twitch’s own archives.

“We respect the rights of copyright owners, and are voluntarily undertaking this effort to help protect both our broadcasters and copyright owners,” Twitch said.

“Audio Recognition will only be run against audio in VODs. We are not scanning live broadcasts and there is no automated takedown of live content.

“Flagged Content will display an on-screen notification informing viewers that content owned or controlled by a third party has been identified. The progress bar will also be red for the duration of the muted section.”

Twitch said the system is not 100% accurate and may return false positives or miss copyrighted materials, and said users can file claims for incorrect flagging.

“If you wish to include music in your VODs, please remember that you are responsible for clearing all such rights (this includes ambient music that may be playing in the background while you are broadcasting),” the service added, linking to various free music sources as alternatives to copyrighted materials.

Interestingly, Twitch noted that it’s not legally obliged to filter user’s content for copyright claims and is doing so voluntarily, which is likely to make some users even more upset.



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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2014/08/07/twitch-dmca-takedowns-deleted-archives-policy-changes-youtube-buyout/

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FriskyPandaPosted:

Kixa
RSL Urg here we go. The start of the distruction of twitch!


I think there going to do a great job lets hope so.


Lol you see how YouTube went? Good luck twitch will be ruined sooner or later.

GILFPosted:

I agree that google improves everything they do however I don't like the copyright laws they have.
I understand why they are in place but I don't like that they are they and I don't think any one does :)

KixaPosted:

RSL Urg here we go. The start of the distruction of twitch!


I think there going to do a great job lets hope so.

RSLPosted:

Urg here we go. The start of the distruction of twitch!

MusketPosted:

Google owning this wouldn't be too bad as long they didn't do that Copy Right stuff. Other then that they are doing pretty good.

AchePosted:

Ethics Oh great Google are going to ruin twitch just like they ruined Youtube.


Youtube was ruined? I think you are mistaken, sir. Google improves things if you weren't aware.

ProhibitPosted:

I don't really stream much or watch them. Still it seems like Google just want to piss of users all the time, with the stuff they did to YouTube and now the voluntary music copyright flagging they will end up being a very much hated company.

ClioPosted:

It was always destine to happen though. Copyright can be such a pain

KatsumiChanPosted:

Polygon This 30 minute mute isn't even that bad.
People go to Twitch to watch streams LIVE.
I don't know many people that actually go to Twitch to watch VOD's.


Many people watch competitive VOD's if they missed them. Such as the big Dota 2 one.

PolygonPosted:

This 30 minute mute isn't even that bad.
People go to Twitch to watch streams LIVE.
I don't know many people that actually go to Twitch to watch VOD's.

They're not muting live broadcasts and I don't think they will.
Quite a lot of Twitch streamers have already moved to hitboxTV instead.

Google will also do a lot of good things for Twitch I guess -
I'm sure the stream delay will be a lot shorter (atm it's like 30 seconds).

I agree, with all this one account for everything etc. etc.
Google will drive Twitch's traffic down.

RIP Twitch


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