Streaming copyright, answered

Not safely without rights — copyrighted music is the #1 cause of strikes and muted VODs across Twitch, Kick and YouTube. You can use rights-cleared or royalty-free music, or run a tool like StreamHush that mutes copyrighted tracks automatically before they reach your stream.

It removes the #1 cause: copyrighted music is caught the moment it plays and muted before it reaches your stream or VOD. You stay in control with a full log, and an optional broadcast-style delay gives zero leakage. No software can make a legal promise for you, but it removes the exact thing that gets most streamers struck.

No. It only mutes the copyrighted music source in OBS — your microphone, your voice and the rest of your stream keep playing untouched.

A free on-device detector reacts the instant music starts and mutes it in about two seconds, then a fingerprinting engine confirms the exact track. For zero leakage you can enable an optional broadcast-style delay.

Your audio is processed on your own computer. To identify a song, only short audio samples are sent to the recognition service — your stream is never recorded or stored.

Yes. StreamHush works at the OBS layer, not the platform layer, so it works identically on Twitch, Kick, YouTube, or anywhere else you stream with OBS.

It removes the cause: copyrighted music never reaches your stream or VOD because it's muted within about two seconds of starting. Enable the optional delay for zero leakage. Twitch can only mute what it hears — and it won't hear the music.

Twitch Soundtrack provides rights-cleared music for live, but it doesn't protect your VODs the way you'd expect, and you may want music it doesn't carry. StreamHush works alongside any audio source so you're covered whatever you play.

Twitch uses a repeat-infringer policy — strikes accumulate and can lead to suspension or permanent loss. Removing music as a trigger keeps your strike count at zero, which is the only safe number.

No. StreamHush only mutes the copyrighted music source in OBS. Your microphone, voice and the rest of your stream are never touched.

Kick enforces less aggressively than Twitch, but copyright law still applies and rights holders can still act. Relying on lax enforcement is a gamble; StreamHush removes the risk by muting copyrighted tracks automatically.

Kick's enforcement is lighter today, but its terms still prohibit infringing content and that can change as the platform grows. Clean audio protects you whatever the current policy is.

Yes — it works at the OBS layer, so it's identical on Kick, Twitch, YouTube or anywhere else you stream with OBS.

No. Only the copyrighted music source is muted. Your microphone and the rest of your stream play on untouched.

Only music you hold broadcast rights to. YouTube runs Content ID against live streams in near real time and can interrupt or terminate the broadcast, then claim the archive. StreamHush mutes copyrighted tracks before that happens.

Yes — YouTube can warn and then cut an in-progress live stream when it detects matched third-party content, including music. It's the only major platform that polices live audio this way.

It mutes the copyrighted music in real time, so the archive has nothing for Content ID to match. Enable the optional delay for complete coverage of the live broadcast too.

The Audio Library is licensed for your YouTube content and safe to use. StreamHush covers everything else — game music, Spotify, browser tabs — so a stray track never becomes a mid-stream shutdown.

Run StreamHush alongside OBS: it connects over WebSocket, listens to your audio, and mutes the copyrighted music source within about two seconds of a track starting — then un-mutes when it ends. No hotkey reflexes required.

Yes — v1 works alongside OBS, the most popular streaming software. The desktop app connects to it automatically once you paste your WebSocket password.

No — it mutes only the specific OBS source you assign to music. Your mic and other sources keep playing, so your voice and game audio are never silenced.

Yes. You can fully mute the source or just lower its volume so you can keep talking over a quieter track — your choice in the config.