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by input_sh 739 days ago
I wonder how long until Twitch also gets forced to some rather arbitrary rules set by the record companies, like how you can't do "best of Daft Punk" on Mixcloud (too many songs by one artist).

Jokes aside, kudos to you for coming up with what's been the only available legal option for the past decade or so! Judging by this, your platform will still have some advantages:

> No Vods, Clips, or Highlights

> DJs opted into the program will not be able to save VODs, Clips, or Highlights to Twitch. VODs, Clips and Highlights involve different rights than live streams. We are creating additional promotional and discovery opportunities to extend the reach and impact of DJ content.
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matclayton 739 days ago
It'll depend a lot on the deals being struck, I can only speculate on the structure. The weird rules stem from the US copyright laws, and are therefore are impossible for a company like ours to get changed. We benefit from lower rates because of this and can make a service which will survive long term, so its a tradeoff we believe is worth it. I would stipulate that by going outside of those rules, they will have to pay a larger chunk of revenue to the labels, and it'll increase the ad load and cut the revenue passed to DJ's. Ultimately we decided that wasn't the approach we wanted to take, and the trade off was a good one, we'll find out with time which way they went.
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dijksterhuis 739 days ago
The structure smells very much like the YouTube deal major labels made when they’d had enough of PROs not negotiating high enough license rates for them.

Which, as an ex-PRO employee, makes me a bit sad to see.

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prox 739 days ago
What is PRO ?
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input_sh 739 days ago
One of these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performance_rights_organisatio...
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saaaaaam 738 days ago
“Performing Rights Organization” - so in the USA, ASCAP, BMI, SESAC. They offer what’s known as “collective licensing” for music rights - essentially an aggregation of a bunch of copyright owners, so that someone who wants to use music can negotiate with the PRO and get access to all its members rights rather than having to go and negotiate with thousands of individual music publishers, songwriters, etc.
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