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Re:Twitch implements YouTube-like system for blocking copyri... by jschmitz28 on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @07:17PM (#8145419)
It's a big deal, but not nearly as big as it would be if it affected live streams as well. Vods are much less popular. The top videos of all time have around a half million views or less. Top videos this week have around 40000:

http://www.twitch.tv/directory/videos/all http://www.twitch.tv/directory/videos/week

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Re:Twitch implements YouTube-like system for blocking copyri... by mmanfrin on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @07:19PM (#8145428)
I get the feeling that this does not affect streams currently because if this were turned on for streams, nearly every single stream would be shut off -- I cannot think of a single stream I've watched that does not have ambient music in the background.
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Re:Twitch implements YouTube-like system for blocking copyri... by Joona on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @07:37PM (#8145494)
It will affect live streams at some point.
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Re:Twitch implements YouTube-like system for blocking copyri... by jschmitz28 on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @07:43PM (#8145518)
Is this speculation or do you have a source? Your comment is stated as a fact but I haven't seen a statement from Twitch about this.
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Re:Twitch implements YouTube-like system for blocking copyri... by fletchowns on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @08:03PM (#8145580)
It seems like a logical progression of things, probably just a bit more difficult to implement. I'd guess it's not long til we see it.
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Re:Twitch implements YouTube-like system for blocking copyri... by Joona on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @08:35PM (#8145702)
Yup. From what I've heard, Youtube already has something like that on their livestreams.
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