Der har været en del diskussion blandt både brugere og presse om hvorvidt det er tilladeligt at tjene penge på at streame andres spil gennem de såkaldte Let's Play-videoer.
Nu har Microsoft sendt deres melding ud på Xbox.com, og den virker yderst fair for forbrugeren. Her får man tilladelse til både at streame på Twitch og Youtube, og nogle af de vigtigste regler kan du se herunder.
Her nævnes det blandt andet, at en af de store udfordringer oftest ligger i rettighederne til musikken, som Microsoft eksempelvis ikke altid ejer. De fortæller dog, at du frit kan benytte musikken fra Halo 3 takket være en aftale med O'Donnell/Salvatori, Inc., der er musikkens komponister.
Se et uddrag af reglerne herunder eller tjek forestående link for mere.
• You can't monetise game content outside of Twitch and YouTube, as for example in paid apps or commercial films.
• You can't reverse engineer our games to access the assets or otherwise do things that the games don't normally permit in order to create your Items.
• You can't sign your creations over to exclusive distribution deals.
• Microsoft won't allow you to use game content if your end product is "pornographic, lewd, obscene, vulgar, discriminatory (on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, etc.), illegal, hate speech, promoting violence, drug use or any illegal activity, promoting crimes against humanity, genocide or torture, or is otherwise objectionable".
• Creators will need to include a copyright notice, as supplied by Microsoft.
• You may use the Item on a page where you ask for optional donation requests.
• If you want to use the soundtracks or audio effects from the original game, we often license those from or to third parties and don't always have the rights to pass them on to you. If we do, we'll let you know. But we'll confirm right here that the music from Halo 3 is available for your use in non-profit ventures thanks to an arrangement with O'Donnell/Salvatori, Inc., composers of this iconic theme.