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Topic	Ex AC dev says Streamers need to pay DEVs.
s0nicfan 10/22/20 7:49:45 PM #20:	sktgamer_13dude posted... No he doesnt. They either buy the game or the developers give them the game for free for publicity purposes. Its free advertising. I think this developer is probably looking towards the music model. Every time a song is played on a radio station, that radio has to pay royalties to the artist because that station is making money through the use of that song. A TV station can't air episodes of a show without buying syndication rights and paying the creators for the right to broadcast it. Similarly, streamers are making money off of broadcasting media developed by other people, but they don't have to pay the royalties that a radio station does, or buy a license to use a song like a TV show might for a scene. The argument is basically that if your profit is derived from broadcasting somebody else's entertainment media, then you should probably be paying royalties towards that creator. The reality is that none of the laws and regulations surrounding traditional media like radio or television have been updated to account for the internet, so it's all up in the air. --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz <cite>s0nicfan posted [p:946173646] in Ex AC dev ... [t:79056749]...</cite> <quote>sktgamer_13dude posted... </cite> <quote>No he doesnt. They either buy the game or the developers give them the game for free for publicity purposes. Its free advertising.</quote> I think this developer is probably looking towards the music model. Every time a song is played on a radio station, that radio has to pay royalties to the artist because that station is making money through the use of that song. A TV station can't air episodes of a show without buying syndication rights and paying the creators for the right to broadcast it. Similarly, streamers are making money off of broadcasting media developed by other people, but they don't have to pay the royalties that a radio station does, or buy a license to use a song like a TV show might for a scene. The argument is basically that if your profit is derived from broadcasting somebody else's entertainment media, then you should probably be paying royalties towards that creator. The reality is that none of the laws and regulations surrounding traditional media like radio or television have been updated to account for the internet, so it's all up in the air. --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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