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Streaming platform Twitch this week surprised most of its customers as it shipped out a massive heap of copyright takedown mails. These messages not only did not tell streamers what allegedly infringing content that they submitted, but in addition, it stated that Twitch had deleted content blatant without giving consumers an opportunity to appeal.
Lots of Twitch”spouses”–the people who make real money in their Twitch involvement –received mails on Tuesday cautioning that a few of their archival articles was going to be deleted to violating copyright law.
“We’re writing to notify you your channel had been subject to a number of the DMCA takedown notifications and the content identified was deleted,” that a screenshot of this email submitted on Twitter from streamer Devin Nash reads. The email then goes on to urge that customers familiarize themselves using Twitch’s direct to copyright legislation prior to”normal processing” of all DMCA Alerts resumes Friday (October 23).
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