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sktgamer_13dude posted...

They did get compensated; by the streamer buying the game/in-game items. Only time they dont is when they give the streamer the game for free. And thats not the streamers fault.

Again, music and movies are different than games. You consume that media by listening and watching those. You consume games by playing them. Youre not playing them when you watch the streamer.

I dont know how this nuance is so hard for people to understand.

There's plenty of nuance here. For example, if you 100% believed in your own position you should theoretically have no issue with someone spoiling a game's plot because you didn't yet play it yourself. But my guess is someone spoiling a game's ending pisses you off even though you can still play it. Because you recognize the value of the story outside of the gameplay.

And again, broadcasting something is distinctly different from simply buying it and consuming it as an individual. That's literally why broadcast rights exist. The key difference is in someone making a profit using someone else's works. A radio song playing in the background of a TV show still requires royalties even though the TV show itself is derivative media, even if you only use a clip. There's an entire market for "sound-alike" royalty free stock music specifically to get around this issue.

So yes, this is a more nuanced issue than "lol guys the streamer leads to kids buying cosmetics".

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