{"id":18680,"date":"2026-04-17T11:39:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T11:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2128265"},"modified":"2026-04-17T11:39:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T11:39:38","slug":"whoops-cyberpunk-2077s-streaming-mode-still-contains-a-copyrighted-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/whoops-cyberpunk-2077s-streaming-mode-still-contains-a-copyrighted-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Whoops, Cyberpunk 2077&#8217;s streaming mode still contains a copyrighted song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/whoops-cyberpunk-2077s-streaming-mode-still-contains-a-copyrighted-song.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Cyberpunk 2077&#8217;s release, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpunk.net\/en\/news\/36734\/dedicated-cyberpunk-2077-feature-for-content-creators-disable-copyrighted-music\">CD Projekt Red announced<\/a> 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. <\/p>\n<p>According to CDPR&#8217;s tweet, the song appears in the first two Braindance sequences. Even when the &#8220;disable copyrighted music&#8221; 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. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While we work on fixing it, please make sure to turn the sound off during the first two Braindance sequences,&#8221; the Cyberpunk 2077 Twitter account explained. &#8220;Apologies!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-12-10-whoops-cyberpunk-2077s-streaming-mode-still-contains-a-copyrighted-song\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-12-10-whoops-cyberpunk-2077s-streaming-mode-still-contains-a-copyrighted-song\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of Cyberpunk 2077&#8217;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&#8217;s tweet, the song appears in the first two Braindance sequences. Even when the &#8220;disable copyrighted music&#8221; 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. &#8220;While we work on fixing it, please make sure to turn the sound off during the first two Braindance sequences,&#8221; the Cyberpunk 2077 Twitter account explained. &#8220;Apologies!&#8221; Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Whoops, Cyberpunk 2077&#039;s streaming mode still contains a copyrighted song | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta 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