Ahead of Cyberpunk 2077’s release, CD Projekt Red announced the game would feature a special mode to help streamers broadcast gameplay without fear of copyright strikes. Unfortunately, it seems one song slipped through the cracks, and CDPR has now asked streamers to turn off audio for those particular scenes.
According to CDPR’s tweet, the song appears in the first two Braindance sequences. Even when the “disable copyrighted music” option has been turned on, the song will still play, and streamers could face a DMCA strike on their channel if they fail to mute the audio.
“While we work on fixing it, please make sure to turn the sound off during the first two Braindance sequences,” the Cyberpunk 2077 Twitter account explained. “Apologies!”
We just noticed there’s a song in the game which might put a DMCA strike on your channel even when playing with “Disable Copyrighted Music” option on. While we work on fixing it, please make sure to turn the sound off during the first two Braindance sequences. Apologies! pic.twitter.com/yfP6Tbdta0
— Cyberpunk 2077 (@CyberpunkGame) December 9, 2020
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Obviously, this isn’t ideal for the many streamers who will be broadcasting the game over the coming days, particularly given they’d previously been told the mode would protect them from copyright strikes. There’s a chance many will simply not see CDPR’s warning tweet, and remembering to turn off audio for those scenes is just a bit of a faff. Not to mention some streamers may also be trying to avoid showing the flashing lights in those same Braindance scenes, which have been identified as a potential epilepsy risk.