{"id":33642,"date":"2024-07-08T18:22:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T09:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=33642"},"modified":"2024-07-08T18:22:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T09:22:52","slug":"japanese-indie-dev-finds-a-unique-way-to-automatically-profit-from-youtubers-streaming-their-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-indie-dev-finds-a-unique-way-to-automatically-profit-from-youtubers-streaming-their-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese indie dev finds a unique way to automatically profit from YouTubers streaming their game\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Japanese indie developer SCIKA recently released their new mystery adventure game Inverted Angel. <\/strong>As is often the case with Japanese titles, the game comes with guidelines for those who plan to stream and upload gameplay videos of it. However, one unusual rule defined by SCIKA has attracted a lot of attention in the community, and the reason behind it is quite ingenious. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Streaming guidelines often prohibit a game\u2019s ending from being shown in its entirety or require content creators to appropriately warn viewers of spoilers<\/a>. If a game uses existing songs in its BGM, the developer may warn streamers to mute sections of the game to prevent copyright issues. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Inverted Angel\u2019s developer SCIKA seems to do the opposite. As well as actively encouraging content creators to stream the game\u2019s ending, the developer requires that the ending’s original audio, including the theme song, not be muted.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In Inverted Angel, you need to figure out the identity of a mysterious girl who claims to be your girlfriend<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Using YouTube’s existing features to distribute ad revenue <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The developer explains that when streamed or uploaded to YouTube, Inverted Angel\u2019s theme song brings them advertising revenue through Content ID. Content ID<\/a> is YouTube’s automated content identification system. It works by having copyright owners submit their audio or video files to a database, which is then used to automatically identify copyrighted content in videos uploaded to the platform. When a match is found, the video in question receives a Content ID claim, and this claim results in the video being automatically monetized (if the copyright owner has so selected). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As SCIKA themselves are the writer and copyright owner of Inverted Angel\u2019s theme song<\/a>, they have essentially found unique a way to share ad revenue with people streaming their game using the song and YouTube\u2019s built in Content ID system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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