Wanted to provide some input on the Twitch catalog.
1) Playing music not included in the catalog on stream does not necessarily mean you will have your stream taken down and a copyright notice. Take downs will only happen if the rights holder makes a DMCA takedown request, and the likelihood of that happening is really low
2) Twitch WILL take down streams if you play anything on the Restricted List. This is a smaller list of musicians that they have to negotiate the streaming rights with separately. It includes artists such as Madonna, Ed Sheeran, Prince, and The Beatles. IMO, many DJs will not run into issues with Restricted artists unless they are open format or Hip Hop DJs
3) The catalog is extensive, but not for EDM. I've played close to 300 tracks on Twitch since August 1, of which 63 are in the catalog. That's a 22% success rate. I play some fairly mainstream house music, deep house, organic house, and techno/hard groove. So far, I haven't played anything from Restricted artists and have not received any notices from Twitch.
Thanks for the additional detail! I haven’t used it anger yet so good to hear how it’s playing out in reality. I’ve definitely seen some posts from streamers getting hit with strikes but perhaps it’s teething issues
From what I have seen, the people getting hit the most are DJs who haven't enrolled in the DJ program but are still streaming their DJ sets. Twitch has made August a "trial" month, so AFAIK there have been no strikes or takedowns, just sternly worded emails. September 1 though, all gloves are off
Wanted to provide some input on the Twitch catalog.
1) Playing music not included in the catalog on stream does not necessarily mean you will have your stream taken down and a copyright notice. Take downs will only happen if the rights holder makes a DMCA takedown request, and the likelihood of that happening is really low
2) Twitch WILL take down streams if you play anything on the Restricted List. This is a smaller list of musicians that they have to negotiate the streaming rights with separately. It includes artists such as Madonna, Ed Sheeran, Prince, and The Beatles. IMO, many DJs will not run into issues with Restricted artists unless they are open format or Hip Hop DJs
3) The catalog is extensive, but not for EDM. I've played close to 300 tracks on Twitch since August 1, of which 63 are in the catalog. That's a 22% success rate. I play some fairly mainstream house music, deep house, organic house, and techno/hard groove. So far, I haven't played anything from Restricted artists and have not received any notices from Twitch.
Thanks for the additional detail! I haven’t used it anger yet so good to hear how it’s playing out in reality. I’ve definitely seen some posts from streamers getting hit with strikes but perhaps it’s teething issues
From what I have seen, the people getting hit the most are DJs who haven't enrolled in the DJ program but are still streaming their DJ sets. Twitch has made August a "trial" month, so AFAIK there have been no strikes or takedowns, just sternly worded emails. September 1 though, all gloves are off