How To SAFELY Use MUSIC On Twitch In 2024

Tired of hearing the same royalty-free music on every stream? or worse joining a stream and hearing copyrighted music knowing that streamer is going to get banned? It's 2024 and that shouldn't be a problem anymore, so we're going to cover how to safely use music on Twitch.

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Today I am going to solve all of your music-related problems on Twitch and hopefully stop you from getting banned while also making your stream sound unique!

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🕘Timestamps:
0:00 What you risk if you use the wrong music
0:33 What Is DMCA?
1:10 Why "Copyright Free" Music Actually Isn't?
1:45 What Are Copyright Warnings On Twitch And YouTube?
2:08 What Are Copyright Takedowns On Twitch And YouTube?
2:22 What Are Copyright Strikes On Twitch And YouTube?
2:40 Who Issues Copyright Strikes On Twitch And YouTube?
3:05 How To Fight Copyright Strikes On Twitch And YouTube?
3:36 What Is Safe Harbour On Twitch And YouTube?
4:20 What Is Fair Use On Twitch And YouTube?
5:53 What Music Service Do I Use For Twitch And YouTube? - Sponsor Segment
8:17 How To Find FREE Safe To Use Music for Twitch And YouTube?
8:30 What Does It Mean To Credit Artists On Twitch And YouTube
9:13 What Type Of Artist Would I Avoid Using On Twitch And YouTube?
10:15 Why You NEED To Pick Music Carefully For Twitch And YouTube
10:40 Why Some Artists CAN'T Give You Permission To Use Their Music On Twitch And YouTube
11:30 Do Copyright Strikes Only Happen On Twitch VoDs?

What Is DMCA and Copyright?

DMCA and Copyright strikes are nothing new to the internet or content creation, and Youtube does have better ways to handle copyright and the striking process but Twitch isn’t the problem here, and complaining won’t help so let’s get into what even is copyright strikes and DMCA?

Well, without digging too deep into the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, it is designed to stop people from broadcasting or using other people's copyright material without the appropriate rights.

This means you need to play the music that you have the appropriate rights to. Either you’ve purchased a license like some of the platforms we will cover today, or you will use one of the hundreds of royalty-free services also talked about today. And no, Youtube premium, Spotify premium, etc are not a license to broadcast music.

The style of this video is similar to Alpha Gaming and Gaming Careers in parts. A large influence on this series has come from content creators like Wild4games and Nutty.

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[mysteriogaming]

I’m starting twitch this September wish me luck everyone and I’ve got all the notes you have given to everyone on how to grown written down 😊

[alphadragongamingFTW]

The biggest problem with YouTube is their copyright system is not content creator friendly. It favors the person doing the strike and makes it easy to put a claim in but not as easy to fight the claim and in fact it is super easy to make false claims and harder to combat false claims. YT has probably one of the worst systems and they need to change it.

[MagusMoon]

Thank you so much! This info helped me a lot! I was always worried about this!

[Tobinger.]

But is there any good explanation for why pretty much 100% are just listening on Spotify to whatever they want and just keep it out of the vod? Never heard anything about strikes. Is like every twitch partner suddenly permitted to use the music?

[DrPanda-kfcu]

honestly i reccomend playing music on a speaker in the background, mic hardly picks it up and I get to enjoy music

[evilsohn]

I‘m really looking forward to the twitch DJ program - finally my niche on twitch gets to stream without lurking in a legal gray area (if not in the blatant illegal zone)

[WarLoard]

I see so many people playing music on twitch they say nothing ever happened to them

[FatBoiSam]

Love your vids! can you do a video on how to have your VOD not containing the music played during the stream??!!

[Capnbarmy]

You put me on to Epidemic sound a long time ago - been using it since!

[karsonpavey]

You have given me so much motivation, thank you❤ this is not for a plug I went on my other account to comment this!

[homemadetunes]

We are here to help! We make music that is royalty free. We are independent and allow everyone to use our music in their videos.

[Fuzion-_]

Hope your well man! I have a question I never stream a game on YT before and I’m noticing in the preview of stream the quality goes to 480p max but says excellent connection. Does that mean my stream will be in 480p?

[emileeellemment]

Do you have a video on how to split the audio? I want to listen to Spotify without having my stream hear it (it helps with my anxiety) and I cannot figure out how to do this. Every time I do it then my stream alerts no longer have sound on stream 😔

[RoseandMaryJ]

This video is good and all but how do you get the music to play

[yeetusfeatus]

What about game ost's? I've used songs from games multiple times and I haven't had any trouble with fair usage or my stuff being copyright claimed. Would it hinder me in the future?

[ZojieRainePlays]

I want to do karaoke rly bad, have had several requests for it. Is there any way to do karaoke safely on twitch?

[JenyaIsJustChilling]

What about games? What if a game has only licensed songs in its soundtrack? Like GTA or NFS? I should stream WITHOUT SOUND at all???

[AliciaRainbow]

This wasn't what I was looking for, but it was good content anyway. I've been in fandom spaces for a couple of decades now, so I was already *very* familiar with Transformative in regards to Fair Use, but thanks for the guidelines on avoiding strikes.

[cliffclaymore]

Bro! Love your videos. Just got everything I need to get started. However, the link you have for discord is expired. Help me out man!

[its_just_sock]

i noticed your camera in your live was on the left side, im sure you have said previously you should have it on the right as twitch cover that side of the preview with viewer counts, is this not the case anymore?