jclock said:
Youtube is a platform, and not a network. Maker, Polaris, Nintendo Creators Program, Machinama, etc are all networks. You do NOT own the content you are sharing if it's video games or movies. You own a licenses to view/play it. Your example is complete bullshit and just dumb. You are dealing with content owners not garden variety garden lovers. Ghost Hunters has a ton of legal paperwork that they have to go through in order to use those places. Usually these places get a ton of publicity for those things. Therefore, creates income I really don't understand the rest of what you said. But if you are sharing someone elses copyrighted work without expressed permission from that person, then they deserve the ad revenue and you do not. If the copyright holder has given you a set guideline for using their content then you will not break that Under fair use, reviews, commentaries and covers are allowed and Nintendo cant do crap all about them. |
I didn't say anything about Nintendo not having legal right. I said it doesn't make sense for them to do so. Even they know it. The initial call was complete ban of let's plays and streaming. Then it went down to 100% profit taking, now it's down to 40% profit taking.
Of course, Nintendo agrees with everyone who is supporting their argument in this thread right? Because backtracking on your intention is always a sign that you're confident in what you're doing.
If Nintendo really gave zero shits about these content creators, or if they actually thought that there was no beneficial outcome, they would block them entirely. Or maybe, they thought entire blocking was a little harmful, so they switched to 100% profit....and then they found that was undermining as well, and changed again. Seems to me that Nintendo is backing down. But apparently, there is no actual source of pressure because these guys are nobodies, wait wait no, crybabies...right?
