Twitch.TV beginning to mute Vods with Copyrighted Music

[FruitsPunchSamurai]

http://www.polygon.com/2014/8/6/5976565/twitch-music-content-id-dmca

I knew it was coming.

[Zakamutt]

wonder if c@f tunes will register on this thing. I guess not given that the YT vids I've done (and mostly ren's done I guess) so far haven't.

[Snowtsuku]

RIP to Dota 2 VODs.

TI4 VODs uploaded by Valve were muted as well -.-

[Mephisto]

Oh google. 

[zhurai]

so basically it's youtube.

[arakura]

Twitch.tv, now without audio! (soon)

[Down]

Google, not being evil, buying and making what they want out of the internet, pieces by pieces.

[arakura]

 not being evil

I have no faith.

[DawnWolf]

And thiiiiiiiis is why I didn't want Google to buy Twitch. Sigh, I hate freaking copyright law.

[Snowtsuku]

And thiiiiiiiis is why I didn't want Google to buy any company.

Fix that for you.

[Rose]

So I know that a lot of people are already up in arms about the Copyrighted Music fiasco regarding Twitch, but I noticed a lot of people seem to be overlooking this other piece of information.

http://blog.twitch.tv/2014/08/update-changes-to-vods-on-twitch/

Twitch will soon be implementing a new system which will delete all Past Broadcast VODs 12 days after creation. (They're stored for 60 days if you're a Turbo Subscriber or Partner). Highlights will be saved indefinitely, but they will now be limited to 2 hours in length.

'As for existing past broadcasts, beginning three weeks from today, we will begin removing them from Twitch servers.'

There is a Youtube exporter function implemented into Twitch, so if you're a Twitch Broadcaster, I suggest to start importing your videos to Youtube or downloading them if you wish to save them.

SIDE NOTE: There's going to be an AMA on the r/Twitch subreddit on August 7th (10:30 AM PST) regarding these changes.. So I suggest we make our complaints/issues be heard while they're at least willing to listen.

 

 

A friend sent me this, things are not looking good for twitch.

[Narcosis]

Not using Twitch, couldn't care less. The issue is retarded anyway.

[Lewycool]

This was going to happen sooner or later.

[Fiddle]

YouTube-like system

Welp, that's never a good thing. Glad I don't use Twitch.

[The Major]

Does hitbox do this?

[Lewycool]

Does hitbox do this?

No. I expect it to sooner or later though. All depends on how big it gets.

 

 

 

 

I guess I should post this.

[Bolverk]

Well lol. This is pretty much the doom of twitch. If the people making content on it can't be sure if it's save to work there. They will move to another site.

 

Google great job lol.

Or? Maybe they wanted this. Stop interest on the site..

[arakura]

I'd personally probably pack up and move to a different streaming service, like hitbox. Not that I've ever streamed much, but now's a good time to check out the competition xD

[Kendjin]

Worth considering that the changes only affect VODs.

 

So anything you stream live won't be affected. Also due to the insane costs of trying to mute live feed, its safe to assume that unless you intend on having VODs it won't matter.

 

Also pretty sure hitbox VOD service is rather slow.

[Mephisto]

Hitbox VODs are pretty shitty. best option would still be to just save the recordings yourself. 

[sarayne]

No. I expect it to sooner or later though. All depends on how big it gets.

 

 

 

 

I guess I should post this.

Freaking this i was just going to post this!

[arakura]

Worth considering that the changes only affect VODs.

 

So anything you stream live won't be affected. Also due to the insane costs of trying to mute live feed, its safe to assume that unless you intend on having VODs it won't matter.

 

Also pretty sure hitbox VOD service is rather slow.

Yea, I know as much, I was just exaggerating because I'm not happy over the change. It just... feels bad. Nothing good will come of this. Or so it seems. I can't imagine things will become more relaxed in the future