Is the soundtrack for PZ part of Audible Magics library? (Twitch)

[syfy]

Oh Twitch, what are you doing?

 

this is their latest Blog discussing a new change that has many streamers already leaving Twitch for HitBox or other similar sites

 

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Important: Changes To Audio In VODS

Aug 06 2014 · 976 comments · Engineering, News, Tech

 

Please Note:  Audio Recognition applies to VODs only.

Starting today, Twitch will be implementing technology intended to help broadcasters avoid the storage of videos containing unauthorized third-party audio.  We respect the rights of copyright owners, and are voluntarily undertaking this effort to help protect both our broadcasters and copyright owners.

 

What Is Audio Recognition?

We’ve partnered with Audible Magic, which works closely with the recorded music industry, to scan past and future VODs for music owned or controlled by clients of Audible Magic. This includes in-game and ambient music. When music in the Audible Magic database is detected (“Flagged Content”), the affected portion of the VOD will be muted and volume controls for that VOD will be turned off. Additionally, past broadcasts and highlights with Flagged Content are exportable but will remain muted.

The Audible Magic technology will scan for third party music in 30 minute blocks — if Audible Magic does not detect its clients’ music, that portion of the VOD will not be muted. If third party audio is detected anywhere in the 30-minute scanned block, the entire 30 minutes will be muted.

How It Works: Scanning VODs Only

Audio Recognition will only be run against audio in VODs. We are not scanning live broadcasts and there is no automated takedown of live content.

Flagged Content will display an on-screen notification informing viewers that content owned or controlled by a third party has been identified. The progress bar will also be red for the duration of the muted section.

 

http://blog.twitch.tv/2014/08/3136/

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so if i understand this correctly, something as simple as Sir Twiggy making a video on Twitch that would showcase a new feature would get flagged for a violation if the PZ soundtrack is part of Audible Magics library, and it would be muted for any and all people who watched it later. Of course, depending on how strict they get with it, and in a worst case scenario, the zombie moans could be muted, the gun shots, Trollocopter and any future Meta Game events as well.

 

as a person who does a bit of streaming now and then, 70% of which would be PZ, i have to ask if doing so is going to get me flagged for a violation just because i left the sound turned on.

[Connall]

Well shit. I see this screwing over a few people.

 

As for PZ, I wouldn't know but I doubt it would be. I imagine it's something that has to be bought into and the music while it does have some voice work, it's just a sample which are usually alright.

 

Don't see it affecting PZ unless it's ambience drawn from one of those libraries. Then again if it did how would you even know, I don't really see anything that would say what it contains in it's database.

 

Really despise all this content ID crap.

[syfy]

more information on this. this is an e-mail they sent out

 

Twitch Broadcasters,

Starting today, Twitch will be implementing technology intended to help broadcasters avoid the storage of videos containing unauthorized third-party audio.  We respect the rights of copyright owners, and are voluntarily undertaking this effort to help protect both our broadcasters and copyright owners.

What Is Audio Recognition?

We’ve partnered with Audible Magic, which works closely with the recorded music industry, to scan past and future VODs for music owned or controlled by clients of Audible Magic. This includes in-game and ambient music. When music in the Audible Magic database is detected (“Flagged Contentâ€), the affected portion of the VOD will be muted and volume controls for that VOD will be turned off. Additionally, past broadcasts and highlights with Flagged Content are exportable but will remain muted.

The Audible Magic technology will scan for third-party music in 30 minute blocks -- if Audible Magic does not detect its clients’ music, that portion of the VOD will not be muted. If third party audio is detected anywhere in the 30-minute scanned block, the entire 30 minutes will be muted.

How It Works: Scanning VODs Only

Audio Recognition will only be run against audio in VODs. We are not scanning live broadcasts and there is no automated takedown of live content.

Flagged Content will display an on-screen notification informing viewers that content owned or controlled by a third-party has been identified. The progress bar will also be red for the duration of the muted section.


Please note that Audio Recognition is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate.  It may return false positives or miss content from copyright owners who do not work with Audible Magic.  If you wish to include music in your VODs, please remember that you are responsible for clearing all such rights (this includes ambient music that may be playing in the background while you are broadcasting).  If you would like to include free-to-use music in your VODs, there are a variety of resources available to you, including:

• Creative Commons
• Jamendo
• SongFreedom

Broadcaster & Copyright Owner Appeals

If you believe that your video has been flagged improperly and that you have cleared the rights to all of the sound recordings in your uploaded video, then we will consider unmuting your video if you send us a counter-notification that is compliant with the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCAâ€).

Any copyright owner that believes that any of their content is used in any live broadcasts or VOD without authorization should submit a notification of claimed infringement to Twitch pursuant to our Terms of Service. If you are the legal owner of copyrighted music that you would like to protect via Audible Magic’s technology, visit AudibleMagic.com.

Twitch has partnered with Audible Magic without waiving any rights or defenses available to it under law. Twitch is not obligated to filter content stored on  the Twitch platform by its users and assumes no liability for the actions of its users notwithstanding the implementation of the Audible Magic technology. Twitch reserves the right to stop filtering audio content in VODs in its sole discretion at any time and without liability to any third-party, subject only to any contractual obligations.

We want to hear your feedback and questions. Tune in to the following events to ask us (almost!) anything:

• Reddit AMA on /r/Twitch: Thursday, August 7, 10:30am PST
• Twitch Weekly: Friday, August 8 at 2pm PST

And, as always, please feel free to leave your comments

 

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The Audible Magic technology will scan for third-party music in 30 minute blocks -- if Audible Magic does not detect its clients’ music, that portion of the VOD will not be muted. If third party audio is detected anywhere in the 30-minute scanned block, the entire 30 minutes will be muted."

 

strange to actually watch themselves willingly commit website suicide like this.

[EnigmaGrey]

Seems more likely to force live streaming instead of storage of content for later use. Perhaps that is reasonable, if that's what they want the focus of their business to be?

 

[Keepbro]

This is all reflective of just how outdated parts of copyright law are. I believe some parts of copyright law dates back to the 17th century!

 

The worst part though is that when an innovative company like Twitch tries to do something different and they are forced to by these stupid laws to do a workaround just to make things work.

 

So in essence what I think has happened is that some big lawyer representing concerned music businesses has said we will sue you if we hear any of tunes on your network. 

[syfy]

for those interested in following this, they did an AMA on Reddit with the Twitch CEO

 

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2cwfu2/i_am_twitch_ceo_emmett_shear_ask_me_almost/

 

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2cwfu2/i_am_twitch_ceo_emmett_shear_ask_me_almost/cjjorrh

 

optimizeprime is the ceo's reddit name so you know which non-answers to look for

[Konrad Knox]

Time to switch to HitBox.