The latest news and updates on DMCA and the Streaming Industry
Facebook streamers, it’s time to double-check your background music and look into some copyright free songs. Two years ago, Facebook Gaming announced a historic deal with the music industry, giving streamers the ability to use millions of the most popular songs as background music during their livestreams. One of the Read more…
The latest Humble Bundle on sale for a limited time offers a massive library of royalty-free music and sounds for content creators. With over 15,000 soundtracks, sound effects, and samples covering more than 15 electronic music genres, this collection is a solid pickup for video editors, game designers, YouTubers, streamers, Read more…
David Israelite, the President & CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) writes a scathing article regarding Twitch’s mismanagement of the DMCA music situation and their failures towards streamers and musicians. Continue Reading on Billboard…
By Nathan Grayson – November 10, 2020 Twitch recently sent out a mass emailing to many of its users stating that they had received a DMCA notice and that Twitch had deleted the infringing content, causing confusion and outrage among streamers. Twitch later published a length apology letter, but it Read more…
By Salty – July 20, 2020 One of the most complex facets of being a content creator is understanding the often convoluted nature of music licensing. It’s a confusing maze of legal terms and scary consequences! The DMCA allows the owners of copyrighted music to remove it from the internet Read more…
By Bijan Stephen – November 12, 2020 – Illustration by Alex Castro The latest fight over infringing music on Twitch has left streamers stranded on the battlefield. On October 20th, thousands of streamers received DMCA messages from Twitch, causing panic among some. Faced with risking their livelihoods or deleting years Read more…
Twitch’s latest blog post addresses the current DMCA situation, apologizing for many of the failures that have occurred over the last several months. The Amazon-owned platform highlights several key areas they are working on improving and answer whether are not they will work with the music industry to create a Read more…
Short video-sharing app TikTok has signed a deal with Sony Music Entertainment that will give all its users access to Sony’s portfolio of music. Continue Reading on Reuters.com…
By Salty – October 23, 2020 Music licensing is tricky, and there’s a TON of misinformation out there. We’re here to dispel 5 of the most common myths we see all the time at StreamerSquare. This is not intended to be legal advice, rather it’s information to help you protect Read more…
By Jon Blistein – October 1, 2020 Twitch’s has unveiled a new music program for streamers called Soundtrack, which allows Twitch streamers to play stream safe music. However, the music industry is warning that Soundtrack may not be so safe for streamers, and hurtful to artists. Continue Reading on Rolling Read more…