Twitch and the DMCA. What a pair.

After 2020's deluge of music industry complaints, the game streaming platform has been scrambling both to assuage the content creators that make up its business, and to get itself out of the line of fire. With this week's announcement of an agreement with the The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), it's clear that one goal has won out over the other.

When is a "process" both not the DMCA and also *definitely* the DMCA? In Virtual Legality.

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#Twitch #DMCA #Copyright

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction

02:11 A Musical History

07:49 The NMPA Agreement

11:40 A New Reporting Process

16:55 Understanding the DMCA

21:31 The Repeat Infringer Problem

30:43 Conclusion

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Discussed in this episode:

"END of Twitch DMCA Bans?? Twitch's NEW Music Deal"

YouTube Video - September 21, 2021 - Devin Nash

https://youtu.be/9OmtXF3Rtws

"Twitch and National Music Publishers’ Association Unveil Agreement, Ending Months of Animosity"

Variety - September 21, 2021

https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/twitch-national-music-publishers-association-deal-nmpa-1235070276/

"Twitch, Amazon Slammed by RIAA and Major Industry Groups for Using Unlicensed Music; Twitch Disputes Claim"

Variety - October 26, 2020

https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/twitch-amazon-unlicensed-music-riaa-recording-academy-1234815503/

"Music-Related Copyright Claims and Twitch"

Twitch Blog - November 11, 2020

https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2020/11/11/music-related-copyright-claims-and-twitch/

"NMPA AND TWITCH ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT"

NMPA Press Release - September 21, 2021

https://www.nmpa.org/nmpa-and-twitch-announce-agreement/

TWITCH EMAIL (via Twitter)

https://twitter.com/HoegLaw/status/1440444793310507011

"Limitations on liability relating to material online"

17 USC 512 (The DMCA)

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/512

Section 512 of Title 17

Copyright Office Report - May 2020

https://www.copyright.gov/policy/section512/section-512-full-report.pdf

"Digital Millennium Copyright Act Notification Guidelines"

Twitch DMCA Guidelines - Updated July 19, 2021

https://www.twitch.tv/p/en/legal/dmca-guidelines/

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"Virtual Legality" is a continuing series discussing the law, video games, software, and everything digital, hosted by Richard Hoeg, of the Hoeg Law Business Law Firm (Hoeg Law).

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