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Facebook Gaming will now allow partnered streamers to play copyrighted music

The Verge

Today, Facebook Gaming is set to allow its partnered streamers to play copyrighted, popular music in the background of their live stream s — which means they’ve seemingly solved the copyright problem that’s plagued live-streaming (and basically the entire internet) since the beginning.

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Instagram makes it easier to see when you’re broadcasting music you can’t use

The Verge

Instagram has posted its guidelines for using copyrighted music during live videos, Stories, and other posts on the platform, and part of the announcement includes a new update to the notification that pops up to tell users they’re using unlicensed art in ways that violate its rules. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Image: Instagram.

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Twitch’s Soundtrack feature debuts today, and it will let streamers play music while they’re live

The Verge

Today, Twitch releases Soundtrack , a new product that allows streamers to play music while they’re live — or, at least, that’s the simplest way to explain it. If the product works the way Twitch says it does, Soundtrack will be much more than just a way to play rights-cleared music while you’re broadcasting.

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Twitch's Soundtrack app lets streamers play background music without getting a copyright strike

TechSpot

Soundtrack is an application that broadcasters can use to add popular music from independent artists to their streams. On Wednesday, Twitch released a new feature that should help streamers avoid copyright strikes.

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Some viewers of Metallica’s BlizzCon performance heard the least metal music imaginable

The Verge

It also featured a musical performance from Metallica. Several Twitch streamers broadcasting BlizzCon muted the feed during Metallica’s appearance to avoid any potential DMCA troubles. But on the Twitch Gaming feed that was also carrying the stream, well, things took an amazing turn. Sure, but that wouldn’t have been as fun.

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How Japanese rock star Miyavi performs in a world without live music

The Verge

The only live music I’ve managed to see all year came from an unexpected place. will be available to buy and stream later today — it’s a live performance mixing drone footage with dazzling digital art. So we heard lots of ‘it’s not the time to shoot a music video.”’ But an anime music video doesn’t capture a real performance.

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The music industry has taken another step toward a legal fight with Twitch

The Verge

Amazon received a “blistering” letter last Thursday about copyright infringement and Twitch’s nonexistent licensing deals with major music rights holders, Variety reports. The document accuses Twitch of allowing streamers to play copyrighted music without getting the proper licensing to do so.

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