Pewdiepie’s stream isn’t their property. The full playthrough of their legally protected intellectual property however is. He could argue fair use if all he was uploading was his cringecam feed with some brief cuts to the game. Uploading the contents of the game in their entirety is not fair use, and is why things…

No, but he is profiting off of their property by making videos about their game. If they do not want him profiting off of their game, then it is well within their rights to issue a DMCA takedown.

“Pewdiepie’s stream is not their property, so it is abuse of the DMCA.”

To copy my comment from another thread here:

They’re only filing takedowns for video/stream content that contains Firewatch or any of their other products; it’s much the same as filing a takedown over someone using other copyrighted material in a stream, like a song, or a video clip, or something similar.

While I’m not fully versed in copyright law, I do know…

Is it abuse if the company that made the game wants to stop him from making money out of their content? Even more so, they want to make sure no one thinks there is any kind of endorsement of his brand from them.

Unless I missed something, this isn’t an abuse of the DMCA. You may not like the way it’s being used, and you would be free to make an argument for why the law is bad or should be changed, but calling it abuse seems like a legal assertion that doesn’t hold water.

B-b-b-but it was just a “heated gaming moment.”

Some people dig the fact that it’s happening live, and you can interact with the model. If you ask her/him a question and they respond, people dig that. The idea of you can make a request, throw in a tip, and they’ll do it? People get what they want.

Probably for the same reason some people seek out personalities instead of just watching uncommentated gameplay: people like feeling a connection to someone, or having the content feel more personal.

Longer hdmi cord, better router and a steam link? Connected htpc? All possible solutions :)

Or you can run a cable a long the wall... or through the wall... or stream it to the TV with one of the many devices...

I think what’s bad is just the implementation. Saying just that the technology is bad is like saying some furniture is bad because the hammer is cheap.

The motion sensor happens on a dedicated chip, and consumes far less power than a screen or CCD.

Which one of you is the evil twin? Because, you know, if they’re the good twin you have nothing to worry about.

Sir, why are you carrying around a picture of the Queen of England?

Unless they use the exact same technology, saying that Apple’s face recognition is bad idea because Samsung’s is bad, is like saying a Ford pickup truck is bad because a Toyota pickup truck is bad.

Conceivably, I could use a photo of someone else as my password. Then if someone gets my phone and thinks they can unlock it with my face, they’d be wrong.

A few things: