Nuvendil said:
Dude, Nintendo's copyright policies are 100% wrong, even illegal. They have claimed reviews, they have claimed news stories. Those are the textbook definitions of fair use and if any of these YouTubers had the money to do so, they could kick Nintendo's butt all over open court.
As for sharing "a bit" of revenue, unless you sign up to the creators program it's all the revenue. And if you do sign up, they take 40%. That's on top of the 40% YouTube takes. And ad revenue is at a low right now so what Nintendo is doing is mental. Also, Joe gave Nintendo props some time before he got a Wii U. |
you're mistaken
legally speaking when someone has a copyright on an entertainment property they are fully capable of giving permission or not giving permission of its use. movies and TV shows constantly being uploaded unlawfully to Youtube are taken down swiftly, just like potentially what is happening now with Nintendo's games in videos
you can debate certain articles, but a review containing video of the actual game is not lawful (if Nintendo chooses to press the issue) because it contains material which a user much PAY to access that is being freely shared with the public. you can't do that. just like downloading music or sharing music isn't really legal online (despite people sneaking around and doing it anyway)
you are way out of grasp with the meaning and extent of the copyright control that Nintendo has over its IP's. its not a debatable matter., try sueing Warner Bros. next time you post a review of "Batman Begins" with a bunch of movie clips in there when they take down your video. news flash: you would handedly lose the case, in fact it probably wouldn't even be brought to court







