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Does Twitch copyright strike you if you live-stream with non-royalty free music?

I am looking at getting into streaming. I had a friend that used to stream popular music all the time whilst playing and there was never any problems (no strikes or anything) and only the sound of the live-stream on play back (VOD) was muted at the copyrighted music parts when it was playing.

 

So is this still the same or can you no longer use any copyright music at all to livestream even if you don't care about the VOD?

 

Hopefully I'm making sense.

 

Any other beginner tips for Twitch would be great. It is scary going into a crowded place starting at pure zero.

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1 minute ago, Not Wills said:

i think they have something with spotify on that, but they will strike you if its "copyrighted", in a nutshell it depends but i wouldnt risk it.

Ah that sucks. Really wanted to stream with my favourite music on in the background and just relax.

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14 minutes ago, Actual_Criminal said:

I am looking at getting into streaming. I had a friend that used to stream popular music all the time whilst playing and there was never any problems (no strikes or anything) and only the sound of the live-stream on play back (VOD) was muted at the copyrighted music parts when it was playing.

 

So is this still the same or can you no longer use any copyright music at all to livestream even if you don't care about the VOD?

 

Hopefully I'm making sense.

 

Any other beginner tips for Twitch would be great. It is scary going into a crowded place starting at pure zero.

They have a pre-approved track list, I think, and anything outside of that is very murky.

 

A person was served a strike for music their mic picked up as they were walking past a shop - despite barely a second of the song playing on the shop radio being distinguishable.

 

That's how ridiculous it (has) got(ten).

 

As Not Wills suggested, the best bet is to play it safe or carefully review Twitch own T.O.S.

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7 minutes ago, Maury Sells Wigs said:

They have a pre-approved track list, I think, and anything outside of that is very murky.

 

A person was served a strike for music their mic picked up as they were walking past a shop - despite barely a second of the song playing on the shop radio being distinguishable.

 

That's how ridiculous it (has) got(ten).

 

As Not Wills suggested, the best bet is to play it safe or carefully review Twitch own T.O.S.

You have some that even have a constant background noise playing (some song or anything) just to mess up the program from detecting it to prevent these accidents.

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1 hour ago, jaslion said:

You have some that even have a constant background noise playing (some song or anything) just to mess up the program from detecting it to prevent these accidents.

Ahh, I did not know that.

 

I guess people have adapted...they always do.

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Since Summer DMCA has become a lot stricter. Previously you were able to stream pretty much whatever you wanted and only have the VOD muted. Now streaming any copyrighted music will probably lead to a channel strike. There are copyright-free alternatives, such as the official Twitch Soundtrack or professional ones like StreamBeats.

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