The ancient debate over content creation and copyright has flared up again, this time with a wannabe Stadia director claiming Twitch streamers should pay a fee to broadcast gameplay.
It was part of a larger claim that recent DMCA takedowns of Twitch videos are deserved, because apparently it’s good when record labels have content scrubbed from the Internet over alleged music rights violations that nobody’s been informed about.
Should be fun to tear into that ridiculous assertion, so let’s do that. Happy Halloween, etcetera!
“Unlike consoles, stadia doesn’t take up any space”
because you’ll throw it in the garbage when the lag becomes unbearable.
“Welcome Travelers.. To the Well of Lost Services.”
Oh Jim, you cheeky… Lmao.
The tweet came from someone at Google. Of course it’s out of touch…
I cant wait for him to talk about the PS exclusive CoD gamemode. I can almost hear him say “Bobby Kotick”
I work shit hours doing overnight work at a restaurant, pretty much since the start of pandemic and I’m slowly starting to lose my mind this literally is cheering me up so much right now.
I made the “March of The Sterling(Eerie Remix)” just randomly one day…Hadn’t dreamed of the day “Grim Sterling” would use it haha. I may need to make more holiday-themed versions xD
Yes, the Jimreaper would have a Boglin at the tip of his scythe.
I have literally bought games because I watched you, or someone, stream them. Most notably, A Plague Tale and CodeVein… Thank god for you!
I’ve honestly had some let’s players and streamers to thank for a lot of my more obscure gaming purchases over the years. In an age where demos are just not a thing anymore, seeing a preview of a game that isn’t splashed with advertisement and fluff is a nice thing; and yes, sometimes I’m also watching for the personality of the let’s player/streamer.
Imagine if paying a fee to stream a game obligated the game’s copyright holder to ensure you don’t get DMCA’d for the stream. Imagine how quickly they’d be trying to get rid of the fee.
The worst part with this concept.
“We don’t like the way your stream has been criticizing our game. Your license to stream it has been revoked, and we will not be allowing you to license any of our other games in the future.”
Considering the bloke is “working” on the Google Stadia, by his own logic, they should be paying us to actually play the Stadia.
“Games they didn’t pay for”? Where does this dude think the streamers got their games from?
They either bought them, meaning they also payed for them or they received the games from the publishers themselves to stream, in which case you can hardly argue that they didn’t have the publishers’ approval to play and stream those games.
“You can’t stream music for free, you can’t stream movies for free. Why games?”
Good point. You should be able to stream music and movies for free.
Welcome to a future where the only game-play that are streamed will come from those who are paid by the game publishers. The only voice of dissent in a sea of positivity will be Jim Fooking Sterling’s pumpkin android clones.