How do you put games on your website: Twitch’s New Subscriber-Only Streams Might Violate Game Publishers’ Terms Of Service

However, each of these video policies contains exceptions that might mean Twitch streamers are in the clear. Most of these center around partner programs. In Valve and CD Projekt’s cases, you’re good as long as you’re doing it as part of a “partner program.” Valve refers to YouTube specifically, but leaves wiggle room for others: “You are free to monetize your videos via the YouTube partner program and similar programs on other video sharing sites,” says the company. CD Projekt, meanwhile, specifically mentions YouTube and Twitch’s partner programs. Admittedly, these rules were written with previous means of monetization in mind, and not subscriber-only streams. It remains to be seen if Valve and CD Projekt will object to the new feature.