YouTube have taken LEGAL ACTION against DISCORD BOTS...

Discord Music Bots are being forced to close due to legal action from Google (due its YouTube platform) as a result of violating its API Terms of Service and Policies. Music Bots, such as Groovy which have announced its closure allowed users access to YouTube content through modifying the service and then using it for commercial purposes. This will impact everyone, because Groovy was the second biggest bot on Discord, boasting 16 million Discord Servers and over 250 million users. Whilst the biggest Discord Bot, Rythm, is also a music bot and may face being shut down - as some are speculating a cease and desist letter was also sent to it’s owner as well. This is about to change the entire platform forever, with Discord Music Bots predicted to be banned across the platform. In this video, I discuss the specifics of the situation - how policies were violated and what the future may hold.

In summary, YouTube was losing money by not being able to monetise the content through viewership, whilst the music bots were able to offer premium services and make money as a result. Hence legal action was taken to prevent YouTube services being used by the bots, but as they account for 98% of search/ play queries - and the 2% remaining being other steaming services like SoundCloud and Spotify they had no other alternative but to close down as it was not feasible - as other companies would most likely follow YouTube’s action and also request for removal of their services. Groovy’s Discord Moderators / Discord Mods have explained that they had a 7 day compliance time in which to act, hence the 30th August Shut Down date. This was announced previously by the Groovy Discord Owner in a heartbreaking announcement - and is weird to see as a verified Discord Bot (and verified Discord community is consequently impacted). It is predicted however, that YouTube might team up with Discord to make a feature in the near future in relation to YouTube streaming which could be the reason for the recent takedowns. However, we will have to wait and see.

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