Twitch CEO says DJs will have to share what they earn on the website with music labels

In an interview with the channel TweakMusicTips, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy mentioned that DJ streamers on the platform should share their income with music labels. As posted by Zach Bussey on X (previously Twitter), Clancy mentioned that Twitch is engaged on a “construction,” whereby DJs and the platform “are gonna need to share cash with the labels.” He mentioned he is already talked to some DJs about it. The DJs, after all, realized that they’d somewhat not share what they earn. However Clancy mentioned that Twitch can pay a part of what the labels are owed, whereas the DJs hand over a portion of their income.

Clancy’s assertion was a part of his response to the host’s query in regards to the copyright scenario of music streamers on the platform. The CEO replied that Twitch has been speaking to music labels about it in hopes of discovering a secure answer in order that DJ streamers do not get hit with DMCA takedown requests. He additionally mentioned that the web site has a “fairly good factor” happening with labels proper now — a “factor” that includes Twitch paying them cash, apparently — however it’s not a sustainable long-term answer. Plus, the labels are solely OK with that deal in the meanwhile as a result of they know Twitch is engaged on one other answer that can make them (extra) cash.

Clancy additionally clarified that stay streams and movies on demand have completely different units of guidelines for taking part in copyrighted music, and the latter is unquestionably an issue. That is why he means that DJs ought to mute pre-recorded movies on their very own, as a result of Twitch’s system would not all the time detect copyrighted songs to mute them. The CEO mentioned Twitch is near signing the take care of labels, however it’s unclear how the Amazon subsidiary intends to observe stay music streams and if it already has the expertise to take action.