Has copyrighting prevention gone too far?

[Player2]

Mr Khan said:

Player2 said:

Mr Khan said:

Adinnieken said:
Game publishers are just catching up with other copyright holders in the digital age. Music publishers own the rights to any music of theirs that gets published, and thus any money earned from views. Same with movie studios. I have a few popular videos on YouTube, but I don't legally get to collect any money from them because I don't own the content, and that's fair. If I owned the content, I'd be pissed if someone else was making money of it.

I agree it's fair. The problem is when they go after the people who aren't making any money, which happens all too often.

You know that the AVGN wouldn't exist if all the companies did the same, right?

I think AVGN would fall under "fair use." Like how companies reviewing a video game don't have to pay for rights to put game footage in a video review.

Who decides which is or isn't "fair use"?