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Re:Twitch suspends DragonForce guitarist Herman Li for playi... by slightwinder on Saturday December 12, 2020 @11:50AM (#25399526)
This is old news and it was wrong. This happend at the height of a new wave of DMCA claims, so people simply assumed this had to be the reason. But it turned out later he showed some nudity, for which he got the usual 3 day-ban.

Also, DMCA claims are not automatically leading to bans. It must have a certain level of harm ir repeated behaviour. And live-DMCA-checks are not active yet it seems, so usually the vod or clip will be deleted and the streamer get's a warning.

Re:Twitch suspends DragonForce guitarist Herman Li for playi... by thefounder on Saturday December 12, 2020 @03:53PM (#25401605)
What's wrong with nudity?
Re:Twitch suspends DragonForce guitarist Herman Li for playi... by ghusbands on Saturday December 12, 2020 @05:06PM (#25402202)
It's against the terms of use for Twitch [1]:

"Nudity and sexually explicit content or activities, such as pornography, sexual acts or intercourse, and sexual services, are prohibited."

[1] https://www.twitch.tv/p/legal/community-guidelines/

Re:Twitch suspends DragonForce guitarist Herman Li for playi... by Siira on Sunday December 13, 2020 @09:18AM (#25406688)
This isn't a good answer in the world of big tech and weak anti-trust.
Re:Twitch suspends DragonForce guitarist Herman Li for playi... by hda2 on Saturday December 12, 2020 @09:45PM (#25403866)
I thought body painting and other "artistic" displays of nudity where allowed. Am I wrong?
Re:Twitch suspends DragonForce guitarist Herman Li for playi... by vzqx on Sunday December 13, 2020 @04:48PM (#25410656)
Rules for body art are more relaxed, but full nudity is still not allowed.

https://www.twitch.tv/p/legal/community-guidelines/sexualcon...

Re:Twitch suspends DragonForce guitarist Herman Li for playi... by wnevets on Saturday December 12, 2020 @12:22PM (#25399819)
> But it turned out later he showed some nudity.

Wait, the guy from dragonforce exposed his penis live on stream?

Re:Twitch suspends DragonForce guitarist Herman Li for playi... by 2StepsOutOfLine on Saturday December 12, 2020 @12:35PM (#25399941)
I'm struggling to find any direct clips, but many are suggesting it was due to a fan showing their ass while he was streaming with Sabaton.
Re:Twitch suspends DragonForce guitarist Herman Li for playi... by Blikkentrekker on Saturday December 12, 2020 @01:15PM (#25400231)
Also, even if he composed the music, that's no guarantee that he owns the copyright.

If the copyright be transferred to the label, then his legal rights to stream it are potentially no more than that of any other person.

Re:Twitch suspends DragonForce guitarist Herman Li for playi... by satyrnein on Saturday December 12, 2020 @02:01PM (#25400556)
If he was playing his own composition live, it's not the recording that the label owns. This is why revenue from live shows doesn't go to labels. This is also why Taylor Swift is re-recordings her old songs, for another example.
Re:Twitch suspends DragonForce guitarist Herman Li for playi... by Blikkentrekker on Saturday December 12, 2020 @02:24PM (#25400750)
The label would not own the performance, no, but he would still not be allowed to give a performance of any material he does not own without the permission of the rightsholder.

There are some “reasonable fair use” exceptions such as simply singing a certain tune, but the point is that the fact that he wrote the original composition is irrelevant; it only matters that he owns the copyright.

If the copyright indeed were transferred to the label, then he enjoys no more rights to perform it than anyone else.

Re:Twitch suspends DragonForce guitarist Herman Li for playi... by satyrnein on Saturday December 12, 2020 @02:30PM (#25400814)
Yes, to clarify, I meant if he owns the composition. It's possible a publisher owns or co-owns it, even if he wrote it (but unlikely that a label would).
Re:Twitch suspends DragonForce guitarist Herman Li for playi... by Blikkentrekker on Saturday December 12, 2020 @02:48PM (#25401007)
Surely it would be expected of a band of Dragonforce's size that the label would own the rights and not the members?
Re:Twitch suspends DragonForce guitarist Herman Li for playi... by satyrnein on Saturday December 12, 2020 @04:02PM (#25401682)
Labels typically own the rights to the recordings, not the compositions. If the band wrote their own composition, they either retain the rights to them or they may have sold them (partially or in full) to another party, typically a publisher.
Re:Twitch suspends DragonForce guitarist Herman Li for playi... by jakelazaroff on Saturday December 12, 2020 @01:42PM (#25400412)
That’s part of the problem!
Re:Twitch suspends DragonForce guitarist Herman Li for playi... by Blikkentrekker on Saturday December 12, 2020 @02:25PM (#25400758)
Perhaps, but it would not be Twitch's fault.

There are many arguments that can be made for the idea that copyright should not be transferable, much like reputation rights, but Twitch is certainly no party to blame for that it is.