Alex Hutchinson, senior creative director for Google Stadia and co-founder of Typhoon Studios, believes that streamers should be made to pay royalties to the developers and publishers of the games they play.

Hutchinson shared his thoughts over Twitter, apparently in response to the recent string of controversial and unexpected DMCA takedowns over music copyright. He suggested that streamers "should be more worried" about streaming games "they didn't pay for, because it's all gone as soon as publishers decide to enforce copyright".