Non-Pewdiepie youtubers about the Nintendo Youtube program

[The Fury]

Scoobes said:

The Fury said:
It's weird that gaming is seemingly different to any other entertainment medium on youtube, why is it okay for people to make money of someone elses work when it comes to games but nothing else? Because they put effort in to play and upload it?

I wonder if there would be as big of an issue if I started reading well known novels on youtube, word for word, literally from the book, with adverts and then not given a single penny to the writer.

Jim Sterling said they are PewDiePie's subscribers but they are not his games.

@ bolded

Is that a serious question? Think about it for a bit. The hint is in the word "play".

Yes, it is serious. The irony is that you use the word play. To Play: engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose (taken from google), weird that money is not mentioned here. Wait, are you talking the other version? You know to play something.

But replace the word play for read and there is no difference. I read comics for enjoyment, I play games for enjoyment. Yet if I were to upload the latest issue of Uncanny X-men to youtube page by page while reading it out loud, it would get taken off if I tried to claim money off it (probably get taken off if i didn't claim money as well). It's still me making money off someone else's work.