We kindly asked them not to,” the OBS Project tweeted after being tagged in callouts about the Lightstream situation. “Near the launch of SLOBS, reached out to us about using the OBS name. One issue: Streamlabs isn’t affiliated with the OBS Project.

Streamlabs’ core product, a broadcasting software released in 2018, is called Streamlabs OBS. OBS Studio is a very popular, free-to-use, open-source (meaning its code is out there for anyone to see/use/modify) broadcasting software made by the OBS Project, which was founded in 2012 by developer Hugh “Jim” Bailey. “ OBS” stands for Open Broadcaster Software. Now to copy ours down to the layout and every word on our marketing site and our UX in this product. Meanwhile, Lightstream’s cofounder and CEO Stu Grubbs pointed out that his company isn’t the only one allegedly impacted by Streamlabs:

“I KNOW because I reached out to the people in the reviews for these comments when I worked at he wrote. Brandon Stennis, who’s currently an influencer talent recruiter at Softgiving but formerly worked as Lightstream’s community manager, provided screenshots of supposed user reviews for Streamlabs Studio that he says were actually for Lightstream Studio. Then members of Lightstream’s staff chimed in. Lightstream’s allegations alone were enough to get Streamlabs in hot water. Over on Streamlabs Studio’s site, it’s advertised as “A way to level up your console streams,” since you can “Automatically add overlays, alerts and other media every time you go live.” The sole change to the latter phrase is a dropped Oxford comma. ▽ Yeah, just change it up a bit so it’s not obvious you copied.Īs shown in the screenshots Lightstream provided, Streamlabs Studio and Lightstream Studio’s websites are virtually identical in both layout and content.įor example, Lightstream Studio’s site advertises the tool as a way to “Level up your Xbox & Playstation streams,” since you can “Automatically add overlays, alerts, and other media every time you go live.” Subscribe to get the latest creator news Subscribe

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