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Strictly speaking he is right though.People pay for music, movies, tv showed etc either via a monthly subscription or on disc. If you try to put any of this stuff even though you paid for it on YouTube it will either end somewhere between copyright strike that leads to a ban or just a warning.If that logic applies to other forms of entertainment it should apply to video games.Now look at a bit of history on the other forms of entertainment. In the past a lot was played on "free to air" by various stations (before we got charged for on demand access lol). That is how the popularity grew by people hearing it for free and then people if they liked it went out and bought it.Now the free to air stations radio or tv has to pay licensing fee for this content. They made their money from advertisers in return they delivered the content for free to end users.Now streaming could be treated the same way. Youtube or Twitch pay publishers a fee to allow their games to be streamed. They pump them full of ads make their money as well as pay the streamer something, effectively like pay a employee for working.