What was the first game to have a livestream mode to try to avoid legal issues?
Cyberpunk 2077 has an option to remove copyrighted music to (try to) avoid legal issues when live streaming:
Was Cyberpunk 2077 the first game to have a livestream mode to try to avoid legal issues?
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Possible candidate is 2018's Forza Horizon 4, which features a mode that disabled most in-game music (Limiting you to one of the radio stations) for streaming purposes.
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What was the first gaming live stream?
History. The practice of livestreaming video games began with WSBN, a shoutcasting station, video streaming a competitive Starseige Tribes match via Windows Media Encoder to approximately 50 people in 2001. It later became popular in the mid-2010s on sites such as Twitch.Can you legally stream games?
Streaming video games is legal. Most game streams fall under the \u201cFair Use\u201d rule of copyright law. However, there are exceptions. For example, streaming pirated games is illegal.Who was the first streamer?
So who was the first Twitch streamer to ever get a subscription button for their channel? The answer, as it turns out, is someone named Sean Plott, or \u2014 as he's better known \u2014 Day[9].When did live streaming start?
In 1995, the internet company RealNetworks developed the first media player capable of live streaming \u2014 RealPlayer. Later that year, the company hosted the first public live stream. It was a broadcast of a baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners.6 Things EVERY NEW STREAMER NEEDS Before You Start Streaming!!
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Quantum Break (April 5, 2016)
"Quantum Break" was released on April 5th, 2016 by Remedy Studios for Xbox One and Windows PC. Playing as Jack Joyce, the player is thrown into a story-driven action game based off time travel. The game is known for having connections to the titles "Alan Wake" and "Control", and for the title character, who is played by the actor Shawn Ashmore, who is best know for his roles in the teen TV series "Animorphs", and the Amazon anti-hero series "The Boys".
I found the feature while turning on the subtitles, having only just started the game. I immediately assumed the feature was added with a patch, but I have found a news article that both talks about this feature and was published the day after the game was released.
... The option menu allows players to 'disable copyrighted music'. As the explanation states, the option is great for when streaming the game".
- "Quantum Break allows users to disable copyrighted music for streaming" @ mcuvk.com
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