Jaxel
Well-known member
I've gotten the same emails from people before. Twitch does NOT have a setting to not allow it to be scraped. However, it does have a setting to disallow embedded of PAST broadcasts. So I have set up the twitch scrape so it doesn't scrape channels that have disallowed embedding of PAST broadcasts. You can still technically embed LIVE broadcasts though; but its a work around.I just got an contact us email from some guy ranting and raving about his stream showing on our site. I have it set to show that game? How do you block a particular stream? And what are my rights anyway when it comes to that? Doesn't twitch have a setting to not allow it to be scraped?
Secondly, the guy who sent that email is an idiot. Twitch streams are inherently public; thats why twitch is popular. If he only wanted his streams on a single site, he shouldn't be using Twitch. He has no right or legal recourse to sue you. That would be like someone suing you for embedding their EMBEDDABLE youtube video on your blog. Besides, anyone who resorts to cursing right from the start isn't someone worth listening to.