Twitch implements YouTube-like system for blocking copyrighted audio
Starting today, Twitch is now scanning videos for unauthorized third-party audio, in-game and ambient music, and automatically muting that content.
In an announcement, Twitch says it has partnered with software company Audible Magic, which works with the music industry, "to scan past and future [videos-on-demand] for music owned or controlled by" its clients. If that scan identifies a recorded video that infringes upon a copyright claim, the video's audio will be muted for a 30-minute block in which that song appears.
Those new rules are already affecting a wide number of videos saved on Twitch, including Valve's Dota 2 - The International channel and even Twitch's own official channel.
Twitch says it's "voluntarily undertaking this effort to help protect both our broadcasters and copyright owners." In a blog post, Twitch offers a handful of free-to-use music alternatives, and offers the following solution to those who have already been hit with a content ID flag.
"If you believe that your video has been flagged improperly and that you have cleared the rights to all of the sound recordings in your uploaded video, then we will consider unmuting your video if you send us a counter-notification that is compliant with the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ('DMCA')."
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ReplyDeleteThis guy has no leg to stand on as technically the multiplayer does still run at 1080p. Is there lower res stuff in the pipeline, sure, but apparently that is typical of games anyways. It's hard to believe that people sue for such dumb things.
ReplyDeleteNo, it doesn't. 960 by 1080p is not 1080p, in fact 960 is half 1920, so essentially half the screen is half the res. Do a bit of research before arguing that people are suing for "dumb things".
ReplyDeleteIf you read what the developers wrote in regards to the topic, the game does still run at 1080p in multiplayer. They just used different coding practices to get there. Is their method as solid as 100% native 1080p, no, but according to them there's almost always things in the pipeline that aren't 1080p anyways. The end result is a 1080p image that isn't upscaled in the traditional sense.
ReplyDeleteAnyone who sue's for something like this needs to be taken out behind the barn and done away with, it's complete and utter BS.