Like so many kids at the dawn of the new millennium, Michelle Maalouf knew the best place to get music was the internet. The then-teenager’s platform of choice was Kazaa, and her download list was ...

In YouTube’s latest move to woo TikTok creators onto YouTube Shorts, the streaming giant announced today that short-term video creators would soon be allowed up to a minute of copyrighted music in ...

Over the course of the last pandemic-filled year, Twitch has become the go-to place for a lot of musicians to perform and interact with fans without breaking quarantine. The fact that it was actually ...

Twitch has a clear message to streamers: don't play songs that you don't have the rights to use. In a blog post, the service shed some more light on the huge uptick ...

The National Music Publishers' Association sent DMCA take-down notices to the biggest Web sites seeming to profit from posting unlicensed lyrics. Joan E. Solsman Former Senior Reporter Joan E. Solsman ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Last month, CD Projekt Red announced plans to make it easy for streamers to play Cyberpunk 2077 (and its music) without issue. But with numerous bugs ...

Streamers broadcasting Life is Strange: True Colors to their audiences are feeling awkward about the lack of music in the game’s streamer mode. The tool itself is designed to mute any copyrighted ...

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If you’ve kept up on Twitch and its rules, you are likely painfully aware of just how strict the rules have gotten when it comes to licensed music and DMCA takedowns on the streaming platform in the ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Twitch plans ...

In the Title Update 3.1 for FIFA 21, the option "Disable All Music For Streaming Purposes" has been added. While the update contains changes to Career Mode, Ultimate Team, and Volta Football, it is ...