Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings” and DNCE’s “Cake By The Ocean” -- caused a storm on social media, with users complaining on Twitter they felt blindsided by the requests, some for clips dating as far back as 2017.Contrary to some users’ claims, Twitch’s Music Guidelines -- which explicitly prohibit users from incorporating music into their streams without the proper license -- have not suddenly changed.
What’s really going on at the Amazon-owned platform has to do with the coronavirus pandemic, the music industry’s history of cracking down on infringing online platforms as they grow to a certain scale and a discussion brewing in Congress about amending copyright law.Like YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and other platforms that host user-uploaded.
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