Kane1389 said:
I'll let you in on a little secret ... When people pay money for a product (in this case, buy a game) it's effectively their product and they can make whatever they want with it. And they are not making money out of the game, but out of their lets plays and editorial videos which they put their own effort, talent and time into |
I'll let you in on a little secret
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You're wrong. When you pay money for this type of product (in this case, buy a game) you own only the physical product. The characters, artwork, story, music, etc are all still owned by Nintendo. You are not buying the intellectual properties or the explicit rights to use them however you want.
Let's play videos are making money while using someone else's intellectual properties. It doesn't matter if one causes the other. It doesn't matter if every single viewer on their channel is there to watch their personality - they are still using someone else's property in the process.
Nintendo's decision might not be the best business decision, but they are in their legal right to make it.