{"id":699,"date":"2024-06-08T17:38:39","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T17:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orangefiles.me\/?p=699"},"modified":"2024-06-13T11:33:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T11:33:45","slug":"twitch-inks-landmark-music-licensing-deals-for-livestreamed-dj-sets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orangefiles.me\/index.php\/2024\/06\/08\/twitch-inks-landmark-music-licensing-deals-for-livestreamed-dj-sets\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitch Inks Landmark Music Licensing Deals for Livestreamed DJ Sets"},"content":{"rendered":"
Twitch has inked licensing deals with Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Sony Music and “hundreds” of independent music rightsholders enabling DJs to legally play\u00a0copyrighted songs in their streams, the company announced this week.<\/p>\n
The landmark agreements, which Twitch claims are the first of their kind, precipitated the “Twitch DJ Program,” which will pay royalties to the platform’s artists\u2014but with a few caveats.<\/p>\n
“This program is only applicable to those who live-stream as DJs, and does not apply to other uses of music,” Twitch CEO Dan Clancy\u00a0said\u00a0in a blog post<\/a>. “DJs will need to opt-in to a new agreement that will apply to all streaming on their channel. For those who only stream DJ content part-time, we recommend creating a second standalone channel dedicated to DJ live-streaming.”<\/p>\n In order to “cover the cost of the music” played by DJs in their videos, Twitch will allocate a portion of their revenue to the record labels and artists behind the streamed music. In other words, DJs will have to cough up an unspecified percentage of their earnings to rightsholders. These costs will vary depending on “how a channel monetizes,” but for most streamers, Clancy says, Twitch will split them 50\/50.<\/p>\n