Twitch gets flooded with DMCA Takedown requests

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The Twitch Support reported a sudden influx of DMCA takedown requests for clips with background music from 2017-19.
Some Twitch streamers use copyrighted music as background noise, or to hype up events.The result is a mass amount of takedowns on channels.
According to Twitch Support this is the first time, the platform has received mass DMCA claims against clips.
They are now working on ways to prevent another mass filing of DMCA claims in the future.

This week, we've had a sudden influx of DMCA takedown requests for clips with background music from 2017-19.
If you’re unsure about rights to audio in past streams, we advise removing those clips.
We know many of you have large archives, and we're working to make this easier.
This is the first time we have received mass DMCA claims against clips.
We understand this has been stressful for affected creators and are working on solutions, including examining how we can give you more control over your clips.
We adhere to the DMCA, which requires that we take action on content and streamer accounts upon notice from rights holders, as happened this week.
Our guidelines for music have not changed, so please reference them here.

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[FAST6191]

Seeing various stream dumps over the years I am only surprised it did not happen sooner.

 

[Bladexdsl]

they are a little late YT started doing this years ago