Riot Games is responsible for some the world’s most streamed games like League of Legends and Valorant. A common struggle for streamers in general is the hassle of playing background music without receiving copyright strikes—fortunately, Riot Games has launched Sessions: Vi, an album just to get around this.
Streaming has become a quite expansive market of video entertainment, ranging from people simply talking over a game they are playing, to more laid back, conversational streams, revolving around the streamer interacting with fans. In either case, it is not unusual for streamers to play music in the background, but doing so always comes with a risk. As seen earlier this month when many Twitch streamers got bombarded with copyright strikes, streamers take a risk every time they play background music, especially if it is copyrighted.
While Sessions: Vi is free to the public and using it should not result in any DMCA takedowns, streamers must still adhere to the “Legal Jibber Jabber” as Riot Games calls it. As with any content that is not one’s own creation, Riot Games asks that creators still give credits to the artists involved on Sessions: Vi where applicable. Music copyright and distribution is a messy field that punishes those who are not careful with the types of music they incorporate. DMCA takedowns have become more manageable, with Twitch adding new tools to deal with them, but it is better to avoid the DMCA bear entirely than to poke it in the first place.
Source: Riot Games
