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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GossipPosted:

This sounds like such a bug.

HumanPosted:

AR15
ProDread It's a shame that a good website and streaming service like Twitch gets bought out by Google and they start destroying it.


They are not destroying it. Calm down.

Google is merely updating some things to make the end users and what not more safe.

They are improving it.

no, they're adding unwanted features, just like they add features to youtube which people oppose.

BeardedSHROOMSPosted:

-Swift
R3vo well google already ruined twitch, time to find an alternative site to stream on and watch


Good luck with that, Twitch already bought justin.tv the second largest streaming service.


Twitch didn't buy justin.tv Twitch was originally an offshoot of Justin.tv specifically for videogame streaming.

AR15Posted:

ProDread It's a shame that a good website and streaming service like Twitch gets bought out by Google and they start destroying it.


They are not destroying it. Calm down.

Google is merely updating some things to make the end users and what not more safe.

They are improving it.

Bebe_RexhaPosted:

This is ridiculous..

I don't use twitch myself very often, but it is so so stupid that people can't even play music they like now. They aren't claiming the music as their own! Just playing it in the background!

TaylorPosted:

I can't understand why they would change it, there's a reason no one streams on Youtube anymore and that's because of websites like TwitchTV, changing it to something similar to Youtube will draw away all the customers that pay for "Turbo" on Twitch.

TomPosted:

Well hopefully they're changing it to make it better. If not many customers will stop using it and go somewhere else.

SwiftPosted:

R3vo well google already ruined twitch, time to find an alternative site to stream on and watch


Good luck with that, Twitch already bought justin.tv the second largest streaming service.

R3voPosted:

well google already ruined twitch, time to find an alternative site to stream on and watch

RSLPosted:

ProDread It's a shame that a good website and streaming service like Twitch gets bought out by Google and they start destroying it.


I dont know. Google will ether make it good or destroy it. I hope they better it!


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