LogFAQs > #946258564

My knowledge is pretty limited, too, as far as DMCA and everything goes. Whenever you purchase a game, whether it's physical or digital, you are purchasing the license to play that game. You are NOT purchasing a license to stream that game to hundreds/thousands of people, but publishers/developers haven't really cracked down on that and don't care. You might see some companies, such as Atlus or those with visual novel-type games, restrict access to streaming, but they generally receive a huge backlash now because streaming/Let's Plays are so far along. There might even be some judges that will go in the favor of these streamers, calling their work transformative, but you don't usually see court cases often centering around this subject. Fair Use and streaming/Youtube are a pretty gray area in the law, and they definitely need updating (as well as DMCA, in general).

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