What if I stream a Stern that I don’t own? I have several at my house that are owned by someone else and I didn’t agree to any software license when they came through the front door.

Another thing to note is even if you get a green light from Stern (or not) to stream you also have Twitch and their fine print to worry about.

I had a hunch my streaming archive of Metallica wouldn’t end well and it didn’t (archived had loss of audio) but they didn’t care about my AC/DC one bit. Again, no surprise. From a monetization perspective I wasn’t partnered with Twitch at the time so was not benefiting from them monetarily.

As someone new to live streaming I do notice a majority of games being broadcast are new Sterns. I wonder if that will taper off soon? I can see most of the demand being for the latest game for those who can’t get in front of one ASAP.

No reverse engineering means get your hands off figuring out those node boards I suppose?

Except for “lovers in quarantine” that one aged like fine wine

Okay this might be a stupid question (or just coming from a stupid person haha) but if in theory Stern is paying a license per machine shouldn’t that be somewhat taken into consideration for a live stream? In other words if you need yet another license to live stream would you be able to get a reduced rate? Otherwise it might seem something like a double tax if you will.

My argument would also be the live stream is the content of a person playing. That’s the intent. If I were to stream my Metallica in attract mode with their music playing that would be more of an illegal distribution.

I understand another argument about buying a movie and watching it at home versus showing it at a business.

I do like the idea of a live stream mode for pins if this is going to be an issue. Maybe limit to one song and understand going forward this may be the case.

Licensing theater....not a bad thought.

Maybe it’s a coverall for that part of their website who knows.