GettyLast month Twitch users began to get "takedown notices" for the first time, music trade magazine Billboard reported. Moreover, because clips have become such an integral part of live-streaming that it seems some Twitch users are "damned if they do and damned if they don't." At the core of this is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which is the law that governs copyright online. It requires not only Twitch but YouTube and other platforms to ensure that copyright is isn't being violated. And this isn't the first time that social media has had to address music copyright.

Source: Forbes July 14, 2020 12:00 UTC