Nintendo Enforces Copyright on Youtube Let's Plays

[MakiManPR]

Nintendo has started claiming ad revenue on user-created Youtube videos featuring its games, according to reports from Youtube users.

Nintendo does not want to block videos containing content that it owns from appearing on Youtube (as many film and music publishers have), but it wants to place ads at the beginning and the end of videos featuring Nintendo games, such as Let's Plays, with that revenue going to Nintendo as opposed to the creator of the video.

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[PKTriad]

I heard about this. I personally don't have a problem with it, since I make videos for fun, not for profit.

[Rayquaza3010]

I heard about this. I personally don't have a problem with it, since I make videos for fun, not for profit.

Same here.

[ck0]

Same here. I'm laughing at some of these comments...

"oh well, I guess I'm not gonna do a Let's Play of that game..."

You can tell right then who is out there for the money. And if you're just doing it for the money, then you're doing it all wrong. Those guys should not be supported.

[TRS]

The problem with this is that I've had quite a few content match claims for some of my videos, but none of them say "Nintendo". It's always "one or more something something something" and doesn't actually name anyone. Those claims I dispute without a second thought.

If I actually had a content match that stated it was from Nintendo, it would make me seriously reconsider. I don't like having ads at all (I'm also a partner, but only for custom thumbnails), but I wouldn't mind giving ad revenue to them.

[MKGirlism]

This Nintendo is fake.
Instead of using an "@nintendo.com" or "@nintendo.co.jp" Email Address, it uses "@wiinoma.co.jp", which doesn't even exist anymore.
Even though it's a faker, you can hardly win from it, unless you allow yourself to get a Copyright Strike, and then counter it as soon as possible.
Only then you'll get rid of it.

[☆blaZe☆]

This is... interesting. I'm actually quite glad Nintendo knows there's no point in punishing people for their videos, so I can't see a major problem in this myself.

[MKGirlism]

Allow me to share my opinion about this in more detail:
http://gbatemp.net/threads/nintendo-cla ... st-4645300

[JustSomeGuy]

As far as I can tell it's only on the titles that they both publish and develop.

They would have probably got more money than this leech stuff, if they just released some kind of official capture device, They could have tried to buy loopy out or something so they wouldn't even have to spend any money researching it.

[MKGirlism]

Research done: People want a Capture Device.
Capture Device made: Developer only.