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DEVIN NASH'S DMCA RESOURCE LIST
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Daily industry news at http://www.discord.gg/devin and http://www.youtube.com/devinnash
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Understanding DMCA
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If you play any song, media, game, etc - you are at risk of DMCA
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A DMCA "Strike" is an enforcement measure Twitch issues to you per violation - 3 or more and you are theoretically permanently banned
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As of 10/23/2020 - the Music Industry is ACTIVELY Going After Twitch - Read http://bit.ly/DevinDMCAIntro
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IMPORTANT LINKS
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All DMCA Resources
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Graph to Understand Your Risk Of DMCA
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Your DMCA Questions Answered
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Levels of Risk (1-3)
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Level 1: Seriously At Risk - Never Play on Stream / Youtube
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Save & Delete All VODs, Clips, Highlights If You Have ANYTHING IN LEVEL 1
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TYPES OF MEDIA NOTES
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Top 500 SongsRecord labels run automated bots that will scrape this content. You WILL get flagged for DMCA, issued takedown notices, banned, or WORSE for streaming this content after 10/26.
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Any Song with a record label
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TV Shows
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Any music video w/ over 10,000,000 views
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Popular artists / celebrities
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Movies, Movie Trailers, Movie soundtracks
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Cable News (even restreams) without permission
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Major Events (E3 w/o permission etc) tech exists to DMCA LIVE content
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STREAMERS AT HIGH RISK LEVELS NOTES
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GTA Streamersanyone who streams with music the GAME licensed is not your own. no option right now but to reconsider your content - sorry :(GTA/JD/DJ streamers etc
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Just Dance Streamerscan no longer safely stream on Twitch
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DJ Streamersfigure out a new brand
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Guitar Hero Streamers this will get worse
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Level 2: Potential Risk (More Safe from DMCA / Automated Scripts, Still at Risk)
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TYPES OF MEDIA (GREATEST TO LEAST RISK)NOTES
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Foreign and International KPOP, JPOPmany have US-based record labels, highest chance of DMCA outside of red category
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Semi-popular Youtube videos without agency or record representationcould be copyrighted later, and you CAN be struck for things in the past
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Music that shows no "copyright attribution" on YoutubeEXAMPLE: https://imgur.com/a/PTYCF8Dif you see this on the bottom of the Youtube Info section - it is copyrighted, do not play these can be retroactively claimed
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Low-fi, chillwave, independent youtube playlistsyou can still get DMCA'd for these, but it's unlikely
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BELOW THIS POINT - CHANCE OF DMCA PROBABLY FAR, FAR LESS THAN 1%
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Classical Music & Music before the 1900ssome is public domain - some isn't, do research
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Video game music almost 100% ok - automated bots can't tell the difference between in-game and out of the game
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Indie artists, small youtube channels, independent artistsmany indie artists are available via email! they love exposure and will give you permission! if you ask
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Level 3: 100% OK TO STREAM / YOUTUBE
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TYPES OF MEDIANOTES
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MUSIC YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO BROADCAST see my example: https://imgur.com/a/5p5j4Es
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"Creative Commons" or "DRM-Free" Verified Music
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Copyright-free databasesbe careful, some say they are copyright-free but aren't
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"Public domain" music ^
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Permission from Artist (written)the best option
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3rd party services (listed below)
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