The scourge of the mass, automated DMCA takedown notice has come to Twitch.

But what is the law? How do game and music licenses influence that law? And just what should Twitch/Facebook/YouTube/Twitter/et al be doing about it?

Reform is needed, both to the DMCA and to platform operations...in Virtual Legality.

CHECK OUT THE VIDEO AT: https://youtu.be/728Oz1FcxJ0

#Twitch #DMCA #Takedowns

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Discussed in this episode:

"This week, we've had a sudden influx of DMCA takedown requests"

Tweet - June 8, 2020 - Twitch Support (@TwitchSupport)

https://twitter.com/TwitchSupport/status/1269851779790929921

"Streaming, Copyright Infringement, and Fair Use (Virtual Legality #177)"

YouTube Video - February 19, 2020 - Hoeg Law

https://youtu.be/vTjsKrC3tOE

"ELECTRONIC ARTS USER AGREEMENT"

Updated July 18, 2019

https://tos.ea.com/legalapp/WEBTERMS/US/en/PC/

"Legal Jibber Jabber"

Riot Games Legal Page - August 2018

https://www.riotgames.com/en/legal

"About Account Enforcements and Chat Bans"

Twitch Help Page

https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/about-account-suspensions-dmca-suspensions-and-chat-bans?language=en_US

"Digital Millennium Copyright Act Notification Guidelines"

Twitch Help Page - Updated March 27, 2019

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

"WHAT WE DO"

RIAA Webpage

https://www.riaa.com/what-we-do/

"...DMCA has done far more harm than good online..."

Tweet - June 7, 2020 - [Rod Breslau] (@Slasher)

https://twitter.com/Slasher/status/1269660530303799298

"Limitations on liability relating to material online"

17 USC 512 (DMCA)

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

"The DMCA is very often abused to within an inch of its life, but “done more harm than good”?"

(and comments)

Tweet - June 7, 2020 - Richard Hoeg (@HoegLaw)

https://twitter.com/HoegLaw/status/1269822027734683648

"Community Guidelines"

Twitch Legal Page

https://www.twitch.tv/p/legal/community-guidelines/

"Limitations on actions"

17 USC 507

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/507

"Twitch DMCA Claims Frustrate Creators Forced To Delete Years Of VODs And Clips"

Forbes - June 8, 2020 - Paul Tassi

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2020/06/08/twitch-dmca-claims-frustrate-creators-forced-to-delete-years-of-vods-and-clips/#6c8880ba3a46

"Terms of Service"

Twitch Legal Page

https://www.twitch.tv/p/legal/terms-of-service/#10-respecting-copyright

"Music Guidelines"

Twitch Legal Page

https://www.twitch.tv/p/legal/community-guidelines/music/

"TLOU2: On Compulsory Song Licenses And Cover "Theft" (VL240)"

YouTube Video - June 4, 2020 - Hoeg Law

https://youtu.be/Ha3ZclJhEhs

"Exclusive rights in copyrighted works"

17 USC 106

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/106

"Copyright and the Music Marketplace"

US Copyright Office - February 2015

https://www.copyright.gov/policy/musiclicensingstudy/copyright-and-the-music-marketplace.pdf

"US Copyright Office: "The DMCA? It's Too Tough...On Sony/Disney" (VL233)"

YouTube Video - May 24, 2020 - Hoeg Law

https://youtu.be/20FmZXvKExU

"Section 512 of Title 17"

US Copyright Office - May 2020

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

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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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