My Defense to Nintendo's Youtube Policy

[ArchangelMadzz]

marley said:

ArchangelMadzz said:

I think everyone knows any publisher can legally do this, it is their content and they have a right to do it if they want.



It's just a dick move, not even EA is willing to stoop that low.

I'm not sure everyone knows or agrees that it's legal.  I see people argue against it's legality all of the time.  Of course, we won't ever know if it truly falls into fair use until it's argued in court, but I highly doubt that it does.  I'm not a copyright lawyer or anything, but I did work in copyright approval for almost a decade.  In my work experience I found that people tend to think 'fair use' covers much more than it actually does.

Also, I don't personally see it as a dick move, but that's probably because I don't care about the youtube videos in question.  I can see how it might not be the best business decision though.  

It's fair use if it's to spread information in a non profitable and beneficial way. If you're monetizing your video and it's sponsered it is not covered by fair use and it breaking copyright laws. All publishers know this but they see the value in the YouTube community therefore leave them to do as they wish.

Nintendo do not as they wish to control and censor content that goes on YouTube. Again, dick move.