Title 17 [US Copyright Act] and Fair Use Act vs Digital Media Copyright Act

US Copyright Act

since each Digital Media Copyright Act [DCMA] and Fair Use Act are only Sections under Title 17 [US Copyright Act]:  US Copyright Act, as a whole, governs DMCA and applies "Fair Use" upon DMCA.

Amazon has been working hard, including the provision of their Amazon Music Extension--which can be used in-browser on Mac/PC only, even though it kinda comes up when invoked on a mobile device--to migrate the copyright [or license to hold copyright] of streamed music over to streamers who are playing copies of music that they haven't purchased [purchase implies copyright ownership of the owned copy of the work].

it is not Amazon's fault that Twitch Streamers don't cooperate, that their streamers on Twitch choose to try to cheat the system rather than at least educate themselves on US Copyright Law.

there happen to also be International Branches of Twitch and each country has its own copyright laws.  the only content that US Copyright Law cares about [as far as the DMCA controversy on Twitch] is music that was published And released in the United States.

it is also not Amazon's fault that Record Labels don't educate Themselves on US Copyright Law.  a "Takedown Request" must be signed off on by a Justice or a lesser Judge in representation of US Copyright Law, so the vast majority of the "Takedown Requests" that Amazon has been appeasing are likely unlawful, but what do i know?

at any rate:  any given Twitch Streamer's best bet is to pay for subscription to Amazon Music Unlimited in their country, so that they may make full use of the Amazon Music Extension.  better still, purchase the digital copies of the music that you want to play FROM AMAZON, and play only that and from your Amazon Music Unlimited subscription through your Amazon Music Extension.

lastly, use honey rather than nothing:  give shoutouts to the artists/bands; in those shoutouts, maybe, mention the album that carries the track and the label which produced THAT album [one song might be on several different albums, produced by several Labels, because the ULTIMATE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OF THAT SONG IS THE ARTIST/BAND (says so in US Copyright Act)].

personal preference: ...

 ... i'm not saying that it isn't ok for people sub to and tip @JadeyAnh while she's live, nor saying that it's not ok sub to and tip her while tuned into her streams.

i am saying that it is my preference, all things considered, to do my subbing to and tipping her while she's offline, and i don't care if there are others in chat while she's offline who would give me dirty looks.

the vast majority doesn't care about the "all things considered" beyond they're own entertainment, unfortunately.

setting up sudo-GooseandClover

 i am going to need to set up a designated PayPal account, so that i can appropriately divvy up the performers' tips [those who would care to stream on sudo-GooseandClover]. ...  it's a good thing i already have experience, now, with everything that i need to be able to do and with everything that i'll need to have set up for it, lol.

i will set up a dedicated Discord server for sudo-GooseandClover, too, which i will switch over [immediately] to a community-oriented server--matching the next part of setting up sudo-GooseandClover.

now that i have my webhooks straightened out:

~,

on November 1, 2020, i will attempt my first stream on Twitch.

https://www.twitch.tv/gooseandclover

one hour and one half-hour/day for 7 days [i will just start streaming, so keep an eye out for me, please], and i will attempt a modern take on a puppet show.

i need 8 hours, cumulative, spread out over 7 different days and all in the same month.

i also need an average of 3 viewers for the entire eight hours, so if three of you would care to come visit for an hour and a half/day 7 times, then you would be well received.

i have one bot that's always on, and the other two bots of mine might make an appearance.

i've spent the last three months preparing, and i would start now except that i need to wait until i can pay what i owe my local library, so that i may borrow one of their T-Mobile hotspot devices [so that i don't have to worry about a 100GB cap.

here, shortly, i will setup and alias account [sudo-GooseandClover], and i will hopefully have some people [like the YouTuber sina-drums] streaming there, especially if they would like to stream from time to time and would like to not have their own account(s) on Twitch.

more to come; this is my first official post for the blog.

thank you for visiting, and thank you for reading.

~, gooseandclover