Your frustration and confusion with recent music-related copyright issues is completely justified. Things can–and should–be better for creators than they have been recently. The next few tweets will outline our plan for being better partners to creators.

https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2020/11/11/music-related-copyright-claims-and-twitch/

We were as surprised by the number of music-related DMCA takedowns as you were. Before May, we received fewer than 50 per year. Now, we’re receiving thousands each week. This led to the warning email some of you received in October.

Three days was simply not enough time for most creators to sort through all their VODs and Clips. We should have developed more sophisticated and user-friendly tools long ago. To all the creators who lost their community’s best moments, we’re sorry. This shouldn’t have happened.

Our full blog post includes far more details, but there are two main things you can do to avoid music-related DMCA takedowns. 1: Don’t play recorded music during streams, and 2: Delete VODs and clips that might have recorded music in them if you’re unsure about the rights.

In addition to building and improving tools, we need to provide creators with more educational resources. On Nov. 18, we’ll host the first of four copyright-focused Creator Camp live sessions. Follow them here: https://www.twitch.tv/creatorcamp/en/live/

We know you still have many questions that weren’t covered in this thread. We’ve pulled together some of your most common questions into an FAQ for further information. You can find them here: https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/dmca-and-copyright-faqs

Copyright law and the DMCA are not small or simple topics. We highly encourage you to refer to our latest blog for a more in-depth explanation of our path forward. https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2020/11/11/music-related-copyright-claims-and-twitch/