Twitch blocking copyrighted audio

[gold stinger]

Was watching a strimmer

he got his highlight reel sniped as soon as he put it up

[rushyrulz]

None of my VODs have been picked up for audio infractions and I'm pretty sure I've streamed a bunch of copyrighted music in my runescape streams

[Wafles]

Originally Posted by Staiain

i just checked, i am fucked
i reported him for harassment
i am actually butthurt
i am gonna get mcdonalds just cause im mad

sniping a name doesn't mean shit
just do like StaiainSM or something, who cares? you don't own any rights to the name whether you like it or not, thats a fact of life. things are a little different for corporations with trademarks and the like.

after all, the only thing people care about is who the livestreamer is, and if you stream under a different name and let your viewerbase know about it then you wont really miss anything, its annoying but it is what it is

i was lucky enough to grab Wafles, and I was kind of surprised, its usually pretty rare that I get that name on any established site

[Charu]

Yeah, felt the same.

I wouldn't think "Charu" would be taken in so many websites, apparently I'm wrong, lmao.

[rushyrulz]

I got my name on hitbox :)

[NeonSM]

Im going to try out hitbox as well.

[Calcium Deposit]

Is it really that big of a deal since the censor doesn't affect live streams? If anything they protecting themselves (and by extension their users) from a fatty lawsuit.

[reuben_tate]

Cool, benguin was still available as a username on hitbox :)

[Charu]

Originally Posted by Calcium Deposit

Is it really that big of a deal since the censor doesn't affect live streams? If anything they protecting themselves (and by extension their users) from a fatty lawsuit.

In my opinion, naw, not at all.

[Poison-]

It really doesn't matter at all. Everyone is overreacting.

[XelNya]

I made a hitbox just on the off chance. I think everyone's flipping out over something that SHOULD be in place. However, I think it needs a lot of fine tuning still.

I got my username because it's random as fuck and the only site I've seen it taken on is Osu actually.

[Staiain]

holy crap thanks wafles for linking me to that google doc thing

Congratulations! We were able to free up the username "Staiain".

[Charu]

Originally Posted by Poison-

It really doesn't matter at all. Everyone is overreacting.

This may be true, but when I heard about this whatever shit, I instantly went:

"Oh boy, if this effects Live Streams..."

But then they say it doesn't so now it's no big deal, dohoho.

[Wafles]

Holy shit Staiain, nice! I'm surprised they were so responsive. I'm honestly not that butthurt about twitch and I agree that most people are overreacting. That being said, I went to hitbox without much expectation for it to be any better than it was a few months ago, and in those short few months hitbox has improved leaps and bounds. Their staff is interactive and supportive. I seriously think Hitbox has a lot of potential to grow, and their new partnership program is proof of that.

I'm also really impressed with the layout, and chat features that are sure to grow even more in the future.

But what really seals the cake? NO ARTIFICIAL DELAY ON STREAMS. Delay between chat and stream is literally 3-5 seconds, and I had forgotten how awesome that interaction with your streamers felt. Twitch doesn't even care about that delay and it is widely considered to be one of the biggest problems with Twitch. I'm super excited to be able to interact with chat in a matter of seconds rather than minutes :)

[Staiain]

i might actually use hitbox for private streams instead of using webcam when i skype with people, would be cool to test the almost nonexistent delay

[Wafles]

I would seriously recommend trying a full stream on it just to see what kind of viewership you get. There's a great opportunity for people willing to stick with Hitbox right now, and the speedrunners that tried it out today didn't really see any impact on viewership. AdamAK was rocking 1500-2000 for a while today, and Mofat was around 400 for about 8 hours straight, I think thats good proof right now because those numbers are good for both of those streamers.

[XelNya]

That's pretty neat. Maybe I'll ask my brother if I can attempt an FFR stream on it tomorrow via his computer. That'd be pretty sweet. Especially when we do extralife this year.

[Charu]

Bah, and it seems we just included the twitch streams on this site too.

[Staiain]

i usually get liker 20 - 50 viewers on avg nowdays , i bet if i got there it'll be like 5 max :\

[Wafles]

Go live for a minute on Twitch with a title saying you're streaming on hitbox or something (can you do this? is hitbox flagged in titles? it might be), I bet you'd be surprised. You never know til you try :)