{"id":84086,"date":"2021-02-25T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=84086"},"modified":"2021-12-07T12:26:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T12:26:39","slug":"twitch-swap-out-metallicas-heavy-metal-for-zelda-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/twitch-swap-out-metallicas-heavy-metal-for-zelda-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitch swap out Metallica’s heavy metal for Zelda-like music in order to avoid a DMCA takedown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Performing at last weekend’s virtual BlizzCon on Twitch, Metallica’s heavy metal music transitioned quite suddenly.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Live steaming platform Twitch has received a fair amout of backlash over its lack of a real music licensing system.<\/a> When users on YouTube upload videos that contain copyright protected music,<\/a> a claim is automatically filed and monetization revenue is sent to the rightsholder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately Twitch doesn’t have a similar system in place. If copyright material is detected, DMCA notices are issued, with videos usually either muted or takendown. This issue only grew last year as Twitch’s watch-hours hit record highs<\/a> when stay-at-home orders came into place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After being postponed in 2020 from its usual November date, Blizzard held their annual gaming convention BlizzCon last weekend as a virtual-only event. Metallica first performanced at BlizzCon in 2014, but this year’s appearance took a turn for the hilarious for some viewers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While those that tuned in live on Blizzard’s own Twitch and YouTube channels heard Metallica’s 1984 tune For Whom the Bell Tolls<\/em>, those watching the feed on Twitch’s in-house Gaming feed heard the song replaced by what The A.V. Club<\/a> called “the dorkiest, most Zelda forest-ass music imaginable”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n