
This generally means that we need the rightsholder to reach out to Audible Magic, and request that their music be set to “allow” on Twitch. Our customer support team reviews the VOD mute submissions and removes the track from Pretzel until we can work with the rightsholders to fix the issue. Up until now, Pretzel has used a VOD muting reporting system for our broadcasters to notify us when a song was muting on Twitch. So if Pretzel is “safe” why am I still getting VOD mutes and copyrighted audio notifications? You can be confident that Pretzel has all proper legal agreements and relationships with the rightsholders to keep your channels and your livelihoods safe. Since launching Pretzel on there has never been a single DMCA takedown for Pretzel licensed music. If a rightsholder were to issue a DMCA takedown, they would be in breach of the legal agreement they signed with Pretzel, and Pretzel would step in to defend our broadcasters. We don’t take any shortcuts, every single track on Pretzel has legal agreements in place with all relevant rightsholders.īecause Pretzel’s music is DMCA-safe, that means you will never receive a DMCA takedown for music in Pretzel. But I thought Pretzel was safe to use?Īll music in Pretzel’s catalog is fully licensed to Pretzel by the record labels and music publishers for use on Twitch. It doesn’t matter if the music is from Spotify, Pretzel - or even music directly in the game itself.

Twitch will mute VODs regardless of if the music is licensed or not, forcing your channel VODs into unpublished when they detect copyrighted audio. What’s different now is Twitch is sending warnings when they mute your VODs and are making changes to your channel settings to default your VODs to unlisted when multiple instances of “copyrighted audio” are detected on your channel.

Twitch Message sent regarding copyrighted audio warnings.įrom a 10,000-foot view, nothing has changed with regard to muting.
