Since November 18th, Pokémon Crimson and Crimson are the newest games in the popular game series. Not only die-hard fans plunge into the open world of the Paldea region, but also numerous streamers. One of them was in for a nasty surprise
How successful is the new Pokémon on Twitch? For the past 7 days, from November 16th to November 23rd, Pokémon Crimson and Crimson is the 3rd most watched game on Twitch with a total watch time of 21,987,798 hours (via sullygnome).
Only GTA V and CoD Warzone 2 are on Twitch before the new pocket monsters. We considered the Just Chatting category independently because it’s not a game.
Additionally, an average of 3,622 channels streamed Pokémon (via sullygnome).
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Stream is in trouble because of copyright
What nasty surprise did the streamer experience? aDrive is active as a streamer on Twitch and has 595,000 followers there. The creator tweeted on November 22 that he received a copyright claim over Pokémon / Ed Sheeran.
aDrive says he played Pokémon Karemsin/ Crimson during a live stream. When he finished the title’s story, the game showed the credits. Meanwhile, the song “Celestial” by Ed Sheeran, which was already played in a trailer for the two games, was played, which led to the copyright infringement.
Now aDrive is advising other streamers not to stream the music during the credits to avoid a copyright strike from Twitch – he himself was too slow to turn off the music in time.
What is a copyright strike? A copyright strike constitutes copyright infringement, for which a streamer may receive a warning or even a ban from Twitch.
Streamers in particular who repeatedly violate copyright and, for example, play protected films, series or music, must expect consequences from the streaming platform (via Twitch.TV).
If you want to make sure you don’t get a copyright strike from Twitch, consider streaming the end of Pokémon Crimson and Crimson without music.
Copyright has caused Twitch streamers to panic in the past. In the summer of 2020, streamers even deleted old clips because they were afraid of being banned.
Copyright strikes cause panic as streamers delete clips for fear of bans