Over the weekend, Twitch deployed an appeals button for videos that have been flagged under its new copyright rules for in-video music.
Last week, Twitch began using a Google-inspired audio recognition system that began to flag and mute videos. Users of the system revolted almost immediately.
“We’re deploying an “appeal” button for VODs that have been flagged for copyrighted music by the new Audio Recognition system. We recognize that the system is not yet perfect. We want to make this system as fair and unobtrusive as possible, and we greatly appreciate your help,” Twitch said in an online statement.
Twitch CEO Emmett Shear also took to a Reddit AMA to explain what had happened.
“We have no intention whatsoever of bringing audio-recognition to live streams on Twitch. This is a VOD-only change for Twitch,” he said. “We have no plans at all for this to expand to live content. Even if we could run this on live this second, we absolutely would not.
The company has also removed the maximum time limit on highlights, stating “you will once again be able to create highlights of any length and they will be saved indefinitely.”
What do you think, readers: does this redeem Twitch?
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