If a movie studio makes a movie and uses a song from The Rolling Stones musical catalog without paying royalties, you bet your ass Mick Jagger's legal teams will be knocking on their door. Yes there are companies that allow free usage but this is a privilege, not a right. I'd suggest Joe stick to those companies and cross his fingers that those companies don't follow suit.
As for Nintendo hurting itself via this policy, I'm not sure about that. Nintendo stuff can still be put on YT but not without going through Nintendo. This move can generate ad revenue for Nintendo so that might offset losses due to reduced publicity.







