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📢 This week, we've had a sudden influx of DMCA takedown requests for clips with background music from 2017-19. I would think karaoke would fall under fair use, but what do I know? In June, Twitch was hit with a mass DMCA claim for two years’ worth of clips, though it didn’t say whether any of the clips were from Twitch Sings. Playing copyrighted music can get streamers slapped with a temporary ban, or some of their clips containing said music can be removed. It could be that streamers are singing songs that might be vulnerable to DMCA takedowns, which have become a persistent problem for streamers. The company also said it’ll be releasing its backlog of over 400 songs, so that anyone who wants to enjoy Twitch Sings at some point over the next few months can sing whatever they please from Twitch’s old catalog. Several streamers voiced their dismay in the replies to the above tweet.Īccording to Twitch’s announcement, the company will begin the shutdown on December 1 by removing Twitch Sings videos and clips “ per our contractual obligations,” whatever that means. Twitch has made several overtures to non-gaming content, with Twitch Sings being the biggest push. While Twitch Sings hasn’t exactly been the site’s biggest draw, I did see streamers doing it as a novelty on community nights and for charity streams. If you’ve never played it, essentially the streamer would sing along to a song of choice, and their viewers could request certain songs or challenges and cheer the streamer on. The feature was really more of a game - a Rock Band-ish game, to be precise. We've made the difficult decision to close Twitch Sings on Januto invest in broader tools and music services on Twitch.

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While the exact reason it’s closing isn’t exactly clear, it might have something to do with the copyright struggles the site’s been having for the last few months. Twitch today announced it’s shutting down Twitch Sings, the built-in karaoke streaming feature it announced two years ago.












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