The virtual streamer “Project Melody” was banned from Twitch for a short time. The reason was a bizarre copyright complaint: the artist who created the avatar claimed ownership of the channel, as the streamer explained.
What kind of streamer is she? Project Melody is a virtual streamer modeled after an anime girl. She has blue hair and wears a band-aid on her nose. Her avatar is rendered in real-time by the Unity Engine.
In her biography, she claims to be an artificial intelligence designed to handle annoying tasks. However, she then evolved independently and began to take an interest in human sexuality. Artificial intelligences do this constantly, when they are not playing DOTA 2 – this is well-known.
Project Melody can be found on various platforms on the internet, as a content creator but also as a erotically performing camgirl, if one is inclined to such things. On Twitch, she has over 300,000 followers. She frequently appears in Just Chatting, but also plays Minecraft or Among Us occasionally.
She emphasizes that she is “a good girl” on Twitch.
Business relationship went terribly wrong
What was the ban about? Recently, Project Melody’s channel was banned on Twitch. As it later turned out, the creator of the avatar filed a copyright complaint against the channel operator on Twitch, claiming that the channel operator was infringing on his rights.
Twitch subsequently banned the channel but later reinstated it.
This is what “Project Melody” says: In a tweet to her fans, the virtual streamer explained the situation:
- The modeler claimed ownership of “her body” and asserted authorship on it – this led to the Twitch ban.
- She had a deal with the 3D modelers DigitrevX for $5,000 to create the avatar.
- After the avatar was finished, DigitrevX offered additional services – a payment for these additional services was rejected by the company.
- Ultimately, DigitrevX wanted Project Melody to sign a contract for $40,000 a month with a partner company – which Project Melody did not want.
- After that, DigitrevX allegedly wanted Project Melody to promote and boost their new project YFUBaby (12,000 followers on Twitch) – then they would be square.
- However, after everything fell apart, the business relationship turned negative and led to this copyright complaint. The company felt cheated out of its services, while Project Melody felt pressured into a business relationship she did not want.
He only built the body – the brand belongs to me
This is how it turned out: The streamer was able to prove that the artists who created the body acknowledged that Project Melody is the owner of the intellectual property and can therefore continue to appear on Twitch.
She was able to dismiss the copyright complaint.
The streamer says: Behind the scenes of the streams, she has been struggling with this problem for months. This has taken a heavy toll on her.
She says: They want to take everything away from her, even though she “paid for the body.” The brand belongs to her; he only created the model.
Project Melody has published numerous screenshots of chat messages, invoices, and contracts on imgur to prove that her depiction of the truth is accurate (via twitlonger).
There is no statement regarding the events on DigitrevX’s Twitter channel. They are still promoting “their new version” of an anime girl. However, it has not been as successful on Twitch as the original.
The story of the virtual streamer somewhat resembles the Twitch ban of Sodapoppin. The well-known streamer also received a ban from Twitch for having contact with virtual anime girls, with a succubus:
Tens of thousands are laughing at the ban of a Twitch star who got lost in the sex dungeon.
