this, a bullshit policy no matter how they try to spin it. 

Nintendo needs to get with the program. No other company is SO afraid of youtube as they are.

Yeah, the sound and the image on those videos are totally original and not from some artist on nintendo at all.

I think its the rigth way. "But its free advertising!!" Not exactally. The demand for those kind of videos is big, some channels stated that the most of their view comes nintendo videos. In fact, there are some channels that i only subribed because they had nitnendo content there, not because I tough their work was good enough. In fact, i unsubscribed when they stoped making nintendo content. So, some channel problably only make money because of nintendo content, and nintendo is not exactacly benefit from LP from games that they don't sell anymore for some time now(like meele).

Remenber too, when the youtuber activate the ads on the video, youtube will tag the video as "game" and will put any kind of ads in it.  In fact, some ads for PS4 and X1 can play on then. When nintendo claims the video, they don't get paid by google for the ads, what happen is that the ads on the video start to be only nintendo ones. So yeah, this is when start to be free advertising, good thing they are trying to change that.

Nintendo doesn't deserve any money via copyright even if their game is what's being played, because a video of a game in motion is not copying the game's code or assets. Remember that copyright is a government granted monopoly that is limited in scope, and not a natural right.

So?

Ugh come on Nintendo, just drop it already.

I think it's a good thing. Nintendo isn't the only company that gets territorial over its IPs, you know. Take a look at the music and movie industries. People get sued over having 30 second clips of songs playing in the background! They get their channels taken down over having a few seconds of remixed footage from movies! Let's Plays get to have the entire thing up, and used to be able to make money off of it. Quite frankly, they don't deserve to make money off of it. I watch my share of LPs, but I'm not so entitled as to think that gamers should be able to get money just for playing a game and uploading it to the internet with a voice over of their commentary. It's not right, no matter who it is. But forget all that for a second, and realize that this is what companies do. They protect their IP. The law protects parody and fair use, which is great, but that law isn't enforced properly because the lines of what is legal and what isn't are too blurry, and as a result, perfectly harmless things get taken down. I see this effort on Nintendo's part a great first step towards establishing a standard for fan made content. I strongly hope it spreads to the rest of the gaming industry, and even moreso, I hope it spreads to the movie, tv, and music industries as well, where it is desperately needed.

What's your point? This thread is about Nintendo and Youtube? Why do you keep mentioning Sony?