Twitch Silences Archived Video

The video streaming site has made several recent changes that lean toward improved legitimacy.

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Twitch, the online video streaming service, has been growing rapidly in recent years. And now amid rumors of a takeover by YouTube, Twitch has made some odd choices for how the site is going to deal with music copyright issues and archived video.

The official blog post about the music copyright changes states: “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.”

This changes only applies to archived streams, not live content.

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