I'm curious, are streaming restrictions actually enforceable on Twitch? If you have a liscence to play aoe2DE by owning a copy, shouldn't you - in theory -- have liscence to stream anything in the live spectate games area available to view?
I'm not questioning whether doing so might be considered poor form, whether you'd be breaking "unwritten rules," but whether there is actual TOS merit to restricting streaming of showmatches and tournaments.
Most tournaments are open streaming save for some small caveat for the later rounds or some wacky overlay graphic request, but I've always wondered whether there is any compelling mechanism at play.
If the answer is no, there is no enforceability-- theoretically organizers get around this lack of enforceability by the utilization of recorded games to restrict streaming -- but if the match is live, visible, is it technically lawful (concerning tos) to stream a match (without any overlay, title restrictions etc.), having purchased a liscence from Microsoft enabling them to do so?
I'm not questioning whether doing so might be considered poor form, whether you'd be breaking "unwritten rules," but whether there is actual TOS merit to restricting streaming of showmatches and tournaments.
Most tournaments are open streaming save for some small caveat for the later rounds or some wacky overlay graphic request, but I've always wondered whether there is any compelling mechanism at play.
If the answer is no, there is no enforceability-- theoretically organizers get around this lack of enforceability by the utilization of recorded games to restrict streaming -- but if the match is live, visible, is it technically lawful (concerning tos) to stream a match (without any overlay, title restrictions etc.), having purchased a liscence from Microsoft enabling them to do so?
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