Is in-game music safe?

In-game music is a unique situation because a game may possess the license to include the music in their game, and you may be granted the right to stream that game, but that doesn’t mean you have the right to stream the music within the game. We know, it’s silly. Read more…

If my VOD was muted, will I be DMCA’d?

VOD mutes are not the same as a DMCA take-down notice. Twitch hired a third party company, Audible Magic, to handle automatic content recognition. Mutes come from Audible Magic. Not all music content is registered in Audible Magic — it is up to the copyrights holders to register and maintain Read more…

Can I DJ in my stream?

That depends: Do you have the licenses for each track you will be using? The licenses that you need are similar to what you would need just to play music in the background. They are the mechanical, master use, and sync licenses. So you could potentially use the catalogs from Read more…

What is an EULA?

EULA stands for End-User License Agreement. It is also sometimes called a Software License Agreement (SLA) or Licensed Application End-User Agreement. The EULA is not the same as the Terms and Conditions, though they are both legally enforceable contracts, and mostly ensure that the developers retain full ownership of their Read more…