Twitch today is introducing a new tool, Soundtrack by Twitch, that will allows it creators to add licensed music within their streams. The feature, which has been in development over the past year, is ...

Twitch unveiled a new feature on Wednesday to give streamers easy access to rights-cleared music, after months of being criticized for not licensing music. Named “Soundtrack,” the feature is ...

TL;DR: Twitch streamers can rest a lot easier now when it comes to DMCA issues with background music. The platform has a new app called Soundtrack that not only features "rights-cleared" music, it ...

Twitch is rolling out a new feature that will make it easier for streamers to play licensed soundtracks during their stream without running into copyrights issues. Soundtrack is available in beta ...

Broadcasters on Twitch gained access to another source for music Thursday. The gaming platform, which Amazon acquired in August 2014, introduced music.twitch.tv, a library of free-to-use music that ...

Twitch broadcasters who want to add some background music can now choose from more than 500 free songs, with no risk of being muted later. The free tracks come mainly from indie labels, but as The ...

Several music organisations in the US sent an open letter to Twitch criticising the recent launch of its Soundtrack tool, which gives content creators access to a library of music to use on their ...

Remember when Jeff Bezos was asked if Amazon-owned livestreaming platform Twitch was licensed for recorded music — and he didn’t know? Well, it’s licensed now… but not by the major record companies.

Twitch has deleted thousands of videos and clips from streamers' archives as it clamps down on the use of copyrighted music. Esports journalist Rod "Slasher" Breslau reports that hundreds of Twitch ...

The letter, obtained by Variety, accuses the service of failing to secure proper synch and mechanical licenses for its recently launched Soundtrack tool, as well as “allowing and enabling its ...

Twitch may be finding ways to offer legal music for livestreams, but it’s not enough for some in the music industry. Variety has learned that the RIAA, Recording Academy and over a dozen groups have ...