Game Licensing for Streamers? | Roundtable News | Game Dev Unchained Episode 241
7In this month's Roundtable News episode the crew discusses the latest polarizing topic if Streamers should pay a licensing fee for games?
Topics discussed in this episode:
0:00 About the main topic
1:23 Twitch Streamers DMCA takedown for music
3:15 Alex Hutchinson sets off the alarm about game developers content rights
4:25 Ray's intial reaction to the news
6:17 Brandon's initial reaction to the news
9:15 Developers are designing games to make it streamable
11:00 Why is this taboo to support game developer's choice
17:51 Taking back control for game developers
25:15 Esports versus Streamers
28:40 How would the monetization work if game developers retain owner's rights
31:07 the hypocrisy of twitch doing DMCA takedown for music but ignores game's rights
39:45 The important role of exclusivity
45:45 The argument for smaller streamers, doesn't matter
53:37 Genre's that streamers are killing
1:00:43 Why Netflixing streaming would be beneficial
1:05:00 The indie game problem and why streaming takes part
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