From CNET: Video-game-streaming service Twitch, which is the subject of rumors about a Google takeover, announced a new copyright protection policy that threatens to muffle audio on much of its users' Video on Demand content.
Twitch said Wednesday it would begin using Audible Magic's audio recognition technology to scan VODs for unauthorized use of in-game and ambient music. Beginning Wednesday, whenever unauthorized music belonging to Audible Magic clients is detected in a 30-minute block scanned, the entire section will be muted.
"We respect the rights of copyright owners, and are voluntarily undertaking this effort to help protect both our broadcasters and copyright owners," Elizabeth "Boo" Baker, Twitch's general counsel, wrote in a company blog post. "Audio Recognition will only be run against audio in VODs. We are not scanning live broadcasts and there is no automated takedown of live content."
The program performs essentially the same task as Content ID, the digital toolset for copyright policies and content management on YouTube, the company that is reportedly jockeying to purchase Twitch for $1 billion. If completed, the acquisition would be video-sharing site YouTube's largest deal since it was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion in 2006.
However, Twitch conceded that its approach was not guaranteed to be accurate all of the time.
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