IIRC it’s because the streamer can’t play the music to people, since they don’t have the license for that, the game has the license to play the music, not the streamer.
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YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 7 hours agoCyberpunk 2077 has an option specifically for streamers to not play music in that touchy area. I know project red is big but not quite as big as those other guys, and even they had a mind to protect themselves and other public personalities.
owsei@programming.dev 6 hours ago
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 hours ago
Streamer mode is typically for one of two usecases:
- The streamer plays their own music, so being able to silence all game music simplifies things
- The game might contain copyrighted music by known artists, which can trigger automated enforcement. In most jurisdictions music used in a game is fine to stream/record because it’s covered by the developer’s/distributor’s license, but that doesn’t stop overzealous rights holders from placing bogus claims that can muck up your revenue, so it’s easier to just not play music that you don’t yourself have license to play
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 6 hours ago
That makes sense.
Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 hours ago
That’s because your Stream/Video on Youtube/Twitch/Whatever will be deleted and your account flagged if the algorithm detects copyright protected audio in it.