>>58373600>when they ask for perms, do they ask the publisher?That's usually the case, but sometimes it gets a little tricky. For example, Hololive can play the new RE games, but they need special perms to use the EN voices, so they usually stream them in japanese.
>What happens if the publisher of the specific game is defunct?If somehow NO ONE has the rights to the IP, then it becomes abandonware and anyone can do whatever they want with it. That's a very rare case tho, usually someone ends up getting the ownership of the IP if the original publisher dies. For example, the Pepsiman game was made by KID (the VN company that made Ever17). KID declared bankrupt and was bought by Cyberfront. Then Cyberfront declared bankrupt and was bought by 5pb. So if someone wants to stream that game, they need to ask Pepsi AND 5pb. It's usually not worth the effort.
