Nintendo has launched the Nintendo Creators Program, which is a service through which Nintendo gives you part of the advertising proceeds it receives from YouTube for your Nintendo-related YouTube videos. In the past, advertising proceeds that could be received for videos that included Nintendo-copyrighted content (such as gameplay videos) went to Nintendo, according to YouTube rules. Now, through this service, Nintendo will send you a share of these advertising proceeds for any YouTube videos or channels containing Nintendo-copyrighted content that you register.
Nintendo Launches Service To Share Proceeds From Nintendo-Related Videos On YouTube
Great, because I was planning on starting a Let’s-Play show featuring plenty of the Big N’s games.
Or maybe you can just leaves things as they are Nintendo? Ever thought of that?
Exactly.
I am so satisfied knowing Nintendo is My Blood’s dad died of cancer. Love it :D
I’d figure they would get nicer about their content usage–considering Miyamoto was visiting every youtuber.
Great fucking thing. Other companies let you use their shit, but Nintendo will let you use their game….for which you paid for in your own video. Wow, what a GREAT FUCKING DEAL! I can’t believe how people see this as a good thing. It’s better than it used to be, but it’s still fucking terrible. If anyone says “Well, it’s their game, you are making money off of it” That is like saying “You took a shot of a window of my apartment in your movie, I want a piece of money from it” Sites that report shit about any company shouldn’t even exist, because they are talking about a company. We are on one of those sites. Video reviews shouldn’t exist. Previews as well. First Impressions. None of that shit. All of those things are free advertisements for Nintendo.
So now if you use 10 seconds of Nintendo clips, they will either get taken down, ID claimed or you need to give them a big piece of cake.
This shit should only and ONLY work for let’s plays and that’s it, and Nintendo should be getting like 10%, no more. Goddamn greedy pieces of shit.
Why is there no fucking edit option on this goddamn site. I meant to say “Other companies let you use their shit (most of them at least), but Nintendo will let you use their material, for which you paid for and take some money you make of it”
I like that I’m getting fan videos.
Nintendo is not wrong, fact. They are using something that is intellectual property of Nintendo. Whey you buy a game, you own only that copy, only that disc, you are actually paying for an authorization to use their software in your home.
To be honest, the real weird thing here is Microsoft, Sony and another 3rd parties not doing the same. If I was a game maker, I would do that, I made that game, it’s mine, I have my rights of profitting on something that’s mine.
Yes, that is right, except usage in terms of reviews falls under the law of fair use and what you are seeing is my usage of my copy of the game. You buy the game to experience it for yourself. That is the difference between movies and video games.
They are not doing the same because they understand that people won’t fucking use their games in their videos. Nintendo profits quite a lot from their IPs, and youtubers don’t make as much money as people are led to believe so taking 40% of that is absurd. 5-10% would be acceptable. The only type of videos that this should apply to are Playthroughs, but it doesn’t. If a 3 hour video featured 20 seconds of a Nintendo game, they will either get ID claimed or they need to give 40% to Nintendo. Absolutely broken system.
Whatever, i just edit with Sony Vegas to avoid to “share” the rights with other friggin companies….jucy green gold…….asjdjaksjdajd
Professor Aldo? You’ve found me? How is that even possible?
And… what’s your point?
Nintendo is still not wrong.
The truth is that I will never defend the act of playing games on YouTube to make money (which destroys the “free advertisement” excuse), complanning about this would only make sense if you were a whiney youtuber that ” plays Nintendo games because of being a fan of the company”. And also, the youtuber gets the biggest part of the profit? And you see this as a bad thing because Nintendo gets something? Deer God! Give me a break! I’m actually surprised that Nintendo doesn’t get the biggest part, and yes, they deserve it.
By your logic of right and wrong. Any company doing anything anti consumer or anything with their brand is completely their thing. They can price their games 300$, put microtransactions in them, on disc DLC…They have that power, and yet people complain against those anti consumer practices all the time. Why’s that? Why’s Nintendo one of the only companies in the world doing this when they are so good and great? Not even the dreaded EA does this, Activision, Ubisoft, all those companies you people hate.
My point is that it falls under the law of fair use. Company that own the IP shouldn’t get nothing if we’re going legally. NOTHING! LPs are a gray area, but reviews, fan made shit, fan pictures, previews, parodies… are not a gray area. Your profile picture legally is Copyrighted and Platinum has any right to take it down or ask you a payment for usage.
I’m going to be more simple here, since you are more simple. You’re an idiot is what I’m getting at. I know it’s hard for your little stupid brain to get that, so I’m helping you.
You are arguing law, Nintendo is wrong here, they are doing illegal actions except in the case of people using Nintendo’s assets without any transformative work like putting cutscenes, music, trailers… Let’s plays are as I said a gray area, because they are by definition under fair use, but only because of the commentary.
You are wrong, I am always fucking correct. Deal with it.
Yup, earning money in tomething that FUCKING BELONGS TO HER is absolutely and completely anti-consumer. Can’t you be even more genius than this?! Deer God! What’s your matter?!
Go wash some dishes, and after that, go study something about copyright claims. If you insist that Nintendo is wrong by clamming money on something thar belongs to her just because other companies don’t do the same (and they SHOULD do!!), you shouldn’t consume Nintendo in the first place. Just saying.
Go get a job, kid.
They are not wrong in doing it, but doing it even thought they don’t have to is anti consumer. You can apply simple logic to that and get to the same conslusion.
They should do? Who’s the arbiter of that? You? HAhahahhahaha
You window analogy is silly, and does not apply in reality. Nintendo is no more greedy than any other business in the world.
No it isn’t. Or if the instrument creators that Nintendo uses in their orchestra want X% of every game, or engine creator wants X% or PC production company Nintendo works on gets X%… It doesn’t work that way. You buy them and that’s fucking it. That is where it ends.
The rest of your comment is very generalizing.
Way to go Nintendo! Give a little back to your people. KICK ASS SEA BASS.
i hope Nintendo knows what their doing but i don’t care
Yep no1 cares! except the 5 youtubers that put nintendo stuff on their videos.
I eat 12 penises a minute
Please, I eat 15 a minute.
It should be noted this is BETA they are testing how things go right now
I hope the share is at least 2/3 to the content creator and the rest to Nintendo… Any less than that and it would just be idiotic to even bother with a system in place.
I wish all companies did this instead of being complete assholes and reporting copyright infringement on everyone’s accounts. I lost several accounts in the past because of this. But not because of Nintendo.
Most companies let you take 100%
Now Angry Joe could start reviewing Wii U titles like he wants too
We can only hope.
Amen to that. He didn’t like the copyright policy but he did say they had fun with the Wii U.
Yes! Nintendo has recognized the potential of free advertising from Nintendo-related content creators. Hopefully this will make more people start LP’s.
I hate when people call them “Lets Plays”. The word “Playthrough” explains it SO much better. “Let’s Play” makes it sound like they’re only going to play the game for a little while.
Soo…. now if a Youtuber wants to make a video about Nintendo’s content they need to ask not only their blessing and permission, but said content will ALSO be under Nintendo’s surveillance?
I don’t trust this service, but we’ll have to wait and see…
Agreed, it could be a good step in the right direction, or a horribly implemented money grab.
Not to mention a way for them to control the youtuber’s content, that’s what worries me the most.
Well, it’s a step in the right direction. I think their best course of action though would be for the to step away from the proceeds entirely to encourage more people to make more content.
For fuck sake Nintendo, do you not realise that you are scaring away Let’s Players from playing and reviewing your games? You have FREE ADVERTISING in letting Youtubers create content within your games. It was a win/win situation: They would earn money off of advertising your game, and your games would receive more publicity. Now, since you’re fucking them in the ass, they don’t wanna play your games anymore. Fuck you, greedy bastards.
P.S. I am not a fanboy in any way, shape, or form.
Do you want some french cries with your whamburger?
And some cheese with my whine?
You can register single videos or entire channels.
When you register a channel, you will be eligible to receive a share of advertising revenue from Nintendo for all videos included in that channel, regardless of their content. If you only want some videos to apply to this program, please register each video individually.
You can only use channels or videos that contain copyrighted content related to game titles specified by Nintendo, and they must be your original creations. Be sure your videos do not contain copyrighted material from third parties or content from unconfirmed game titles. See here for a list of Nintendo game titles specified for use with this program.
It can regularly take up to three business days for your registered content to be reviewed and finalized.
The advertisement revenue share is 70% for channels and 60% for videos.
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It sounds like the youtubers are the ones who are greedy to me.
I remember just a few years ago when lp’s and reviews on youtube were done, not for the money, but because people enjoyed doing them. The second youtubers found out they could make money off of the video, and even a career, everything went down hill. Now everybody does it for money. Nobody makes videos anymore just for the fun of it, and that was the whole point in the first place.
I like AngryJoe, I do. I’m a subscriber, but that Nintendo rant of his was the most pigheaded, conceded, ignorant, and greedy thing I have ever heard him say. And if he would have just sat back and held in his anger, used his brain for five seconds, he would have realized they flagged his video because of a bot that searches for music. He could have still showed the video, just rearranged the music a bit. Nintendo sells thier orchestrated music on cd’s, and they have a right to protect it from being distributed freely.
It amazes me how many people on youtube defended Nintendo. Claiming its not Nintendo’s fault, but instead youtube’s, being some “rogue bot” that’s not “updated” LOL! Wow. Angry Joe already stated that he had contact with Youtube, Google, & Companies that flag. Its NINTENDO’S Policies Youtube Enforces. Not a “rogue” bot. Its intentional. Companies can control what gets flagged (Video, Audio, even an IMAGE), how much of it plays before being flagged. I.E. picked up by a bot.
I understand your love for Nintendo but don’t let it blind you into becoming a blind sheep. You realize you can criticize a company, even get loud about it, in order to change a crappy policy at a good company. Denying it rewards bad behavior and encourages it.
Nintendo wants you to come to them on a case by case basis so they can review and determine whether or not they allow you to post the content – in effect no different from what the bot does, and why the bot still does what it does while other companies don’t have the same issues.
But no, some of you apparently know better, even when faced with evidence, proof, quotes, and personal experience – so continue believing and spreading whatever it is you would like to believe on others so you can sleep better at night or whatever else motivates that sort of blind devotion.
I know it’s Nintendo doing, not a rogue bot. Where in my post did I claim such nonsense? I am no sheep, and I have criticized Nintendo on many occasions. Those are some serious allegations you made against me without even knowing who I am. Or maybe your just one of those that jumps to the conclusion that anyone who sides with Nintendo on an issue is a blind sheep who can’t think for themselves?
What I said, and i’ll quote myself, “a bot that searches for music”. Yes, on Nintendo’s order. But all Joe had to do was rearrange the music a bit, and he would have been able to show his video. Instead he flipped his shit, because god forbid he had to do a little music editing on an lp. Alot of time and effort goes into Nintendo’s beautiful orchestrated original music, and by god they have the right to protect it. I don’t care what anybody says.
Oh, you are one of those kids. The special ones. Ah, yes. Do you think IGN shouldn’t be making money at all? Gamespot? Do you think it’s free to make reviews of such high quality? You’re a fucking moron. They need to invest in their channel, and to make videos like that, they need to invest time. You don’t do those two things if you don’t get nothing from it, you stupid, retarded, moronic, piece of shit.
Harsh…
LMAO. You really think IGN makes their living off of Youtube’s monetary video share? IGN is a company that has dozens and dozens of employees. They make their money off of advertisements and endorsements. Don’t be so naive. IGN has millions of people that visit their websites everyday, and companies pay them cash to advertise their products. Don’t you know this?
Your the type that just blindly hates Nintendo. Your also a hypocrit. So you defend Gamespot, and IGN’s hardwork, but to hell with Nintendo’s hardwork right? Have you ever been to one of their concerts? To hell with their music, it should be free goddamnit because it’s from Nintendo!
No, I’m sorry, you are a moron. What are you even talking about? IGN making money of youtube videos? No, that was not my point, you shit. My point was that their entire business is them talking about other companies’ products, reviews, previews, first impressions, first look at, commentaries and all other shit they do. By this logic of let’s say in Nintendo’s case “They made it, they deserve money from it”, IGN doesn’t deserve money, or they should at least share it with pretty much every company they talk about and show their product.
No, I’m not defending IGN and Gamespot, I’m putting it in perspective for you, but you are blind as fuck. Everything Nintendo is after is under the law of fair use.
Free Advertising? People were earning money on something that belongs to Nintendo, there’s nothing wrong in a company to claim money on something that belongs to her.
I don’t see the point at all in any company needing to take the revenue from these videos period. Wish they would just let people do their thing on youtube without being so possessive.
I understand it’s their content but it is also a bit extreme. At the same time, it isn’t like Nintendo doesn’t have their own official channel that I’m sure they are making plenty of money from. Do they need to capitalize on peoples Let’s Play videos.
Do these companies really need to step all over these small fries just for some extra little profit, compared to billions that they make each year off of other stuff. In a way these people are advertising your products for you, why not just let it be? It isn’t like Nintendo is paying these people directly for taking time out of their day to make these videos about their products, so why be such assholes about it, needing to take their ad revenue.
Making videos with commentary can be a huge bitch depending on how you do it too. So is Nintendo paying these people to spend hours editing in video software just to make something about their games people will watch, or even maybe go out and buy their games because of seeing those people enjoy them. Of course not, so why not just let them make the money they do.
The only reason their doing this now is because of all the back lash they got from this before, for being so greedy. It is still messed up if you ask me. The greed never ends in this world, you have the richest people and some of the largest companies but it’s never enough money to them. Yea, I get a companies goal is to make money but sometimes, in cases like these, it crosses a line by being a completely unnecessary way to make it.
“I don’t see the point at all in any company needing to take the revenue from these videos period.”
Easy, if that company owns that product, they also own any sort of revenue that product is able to generate. Nintendo is just clamming revenue on something that belongs to her, copyright-wise.
I believe people have a very distorted sense of property.
Actually I think you have it the other way around, companies have a very distorted sense of property.
I feel if you own something, you paid for. You should be able to do whatever the hell you want with it afterwards. The only place I’d draw a line with that, is obviously copying and pirating the material, everything else is fine.
Making videos about their games is totally harmless, how is that hurting Nintendo in any way? Please explain this to me? As I said, if anything it only helps them sell more of their games and it only helps people become more aware of their company as a whole. So what the hell is the downside and why do they need this money from them? People have been making these videos for a long time before Nintendo ever even cared. It’s just unnecessary no matter how some of you try to defend it.
It is absurd to me seeing Nintendo taking money from people who are simply making videos of their games.
Like I said making these videos can take a lot of work which is something many do not realize or understand since they never had to actually edit videos before. Nintendo is not paying these people to advertise their games or for the time and work they put into making their videos. Everyone assumes these people making millions on youtube just sit on their ass all day, but most of the more popular people who are making money on youtube do work very hard to do so. Most of them are kind enough to show you the work they do put into making their videos and it isn’t a quick and easy task as many of you would think.
I’d know first hand since I do edit videos and produce music daily just for practice. I could make a song seem so simple, but only if you knew the amount of hours and production time that went into it before hand.
It may not seem like it with the end result, but be my guest to make your own video with video commentary and please tell me how easy it was because you’re lying if you say it is. Unless you’re willing to spend a lot of money to make it much easier. It’s an actual skill believe it or not and it takes a lot of production to make these videos in software that can also be expensive to buy, on top of the video capture devices they also need to record the material or the programs they buy in between to help. Many of these people build studios for fuck sake to work on these videos, purely out of their love for gaming. So if their willing to work so hard to make these videos for people to enjoy, why the hell shouldn’t they be making all the money.
That is the problem, is everyone assumes it takes no work or time at all to makes these videos. When the people just posting a literal video of the game itself aren’t making any money from it. It’s the people that put a lot of work into it, whether you like them or not they work hard to make these videos. It pretty much becomes a job to be able to make a constant stream of revenue from youtube like this.
If if was as easy as people think to make money from youtube, I guess everyone with a youtube account would be millionaires right now. Clearly that isn’t the case.
So what if it’s their content, when they make commercials do you think they aren’t paying those people who worked on the commercial simply because it’s their content they are making a commercial about? Hell no. It’s almost the same thing, so why not just let these people make their money from the work they put into these videos on youtube since they are basically doing this with their own free time and money.
It’s not a question of hurting or taking money of fan works. It’s a simple matter of Nintendo owning these IPs and owning their image rights, there is nothing absurd on this.
In fact, if it’s really a fan work, the fan itself would do a video simple because of being a fan, not because of the YouTube revenue, and to be honest, I hate people playing games on YouTube for gaining money, these people have no rights to consider themselves fans of the games they’re playing.
So does this provide an advantage for Youtubers while also earning Nintendo a little profit but giving the majority to the Youtuber OR is it something rather restrictive. What were Nintendo doing before when they were letting Youtubers post their content?
It would be great if they received the majority of the profits, but that doesn’t seem like it would go down that way. Remember Nintendo wanted everything at first, but since every one was raging over Nintendo even doing this, I guess they decided to do this in response to all the angry youtuber’s.
I’ll assume they’ll receive a small portion and Nintendo will be getting the bigger piece of the pie. I mean seriously since when do any big companies every give more back than they take? None come to my mind.
I’m no defender of big corporations by any means, but greed is on both sides of the playing field. The fact that youtubers are bitching because they are not recieveing 100% profit sounds a bit greedy to me as well. Alot of these youtubers are well off because of their videos. Hell, youtube has made several millionaires in fact. Others make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. And then these same people bitch and moan when Nintendo keeps a lesser percentage of the profit? Of their own creations? (90% of the time it’s music related).
Greed is equally distributed, just like the revenue.
Another idiot.
Imagine you work at a company. Your monthly salary is $6,000. Your boss decides to copyright your work and take 50% of your salary. Now you’re stuck with $3,000 per month. Can you at least try to see things in a different perspective?
Thats not the same. I’m not making videos using other peoples content. Look, I’m not against youtubers, and I do think they should be paid for their work. I’m just not going to jump and point fingers at Nintendo when they decide to protect their content. And by the way, Nintendo is obviously making an effort to work with them. I don’t understand all the hate.
How about you imagine yourself as one of the more popular people on youtube who are making real money. Before you ever started making any money from youtube, you spend a lot of money to build a small studio in your home, you buy microphones, cameras, capture devices and need video editing programs to even combine it all together. Then on top of all that you spend hours and hours out of your day working on and editing these videos, so you can actually make money from them on youtube. So they aren’t just crappy videos and have a level of quality to them.
Only to have Nintendo step in years later to tell they want some of your money now, with all the work you put into making these videos about their games… They want a piece of the money your making without any regard to all the time, money and effort you really do put into making these videos.
As I just said, you aren’t going to be making money from youtube by simply posting a video of a game. It takes a lot more than that to become a youtube personality who seriously makes enough money to live on each year.
If people like you aren’t willing to learn the process these people do go through to make these videos, then don’t act like it’s so easy or they should just get a job. What they’re doing is their job and the amount of time and work they put into making these videos, is no different than the amount of time they’d spend working at a job. You have every right to value their work based on your oen opinion, but it’s still hard work all the same in reality.
If you aren’t even willing to learn about a certain trade, you sure as hell don’t have the right to judge it.
Sadly the reality is, most the people who say these people making money from youtube are sitting on their asses all day doing nothing are just jealous losers. Who are the ones who actually are sitting on their asses doing nothing, who have no real goals in life, who are the ones probably working some dead end job they don’t even like to work at while they barely scrape by.
I seriously don’t understand why people always hate on others who make money from doing the things they actually enjoy to do. Sorry if you can’t manage the same in life, but that’s your problem, not theirs. I get the same crap all the time, I do tons of stuff but people think I have it easy, the only thing that makes what I do easier is the fact that I enjoy doing it, it isn’t easy work by any means though so don’t get that twisted.
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Son of bitch, would’ve been perfect.. I hate when I get all fired up, I write too fast and never read any of it.
Bad example since EVERY company does what you just said. lol You think the guy at Sony that gave the idea for the Playstation brand is getting every bit of money the Playstation brand makes? Or how about the guy at Microsoft who came up with the Xbox? Sorry, dude, but if you work for a company & come up with an idea that you share with them & use their money to make & sell, it effectively becomes that company’s property. And when the guy leaves, unless the company allows it, he can’t take his creation with him.
Correct!
It only makes sense for youtubers and LPers complaning about this. People that just buy Nintendo to play game shouldn’t care about this in the first place.
And also, I always, ALWAYS, called bullshit about playing games on YouTube to make easy money, I wonder if these people have a job or study.
70% per video if you register an entire channel composed of nintendo related videos
60% for individual videos aside from that.
I’d say that’s pretty fair. 60% is kind of low, but if it’s only like one video then that’s not too bad. If you make them frequently enough, just separate the nintendo vids into their own channel.
I’m glad they’re doing something like this. It’s about time they started to utilize their fanbase to their advantage.
This is why i avoid content from them like a plague..
I have no interest in giving nintendo a GOD DAMN DIME!!
Go get a job, fellow.
I’m disabled…… .. i can’t do physical labor, and i was not able to finish highschool cause of my mental health and physical health, not to mention all the moving around i kept having to do.
Don’t jump peoples cases over things until you know the entire story.. okay?..
Once upon a time the word “irony”.
That is pathetic if you to think the games are not worth owning because you are crying about something that can be changed. Why people say that one thing they don’t like = Immediate boycott forever and forcing the producer to be slaves all the time with no creative freedom is beyond me. If you hate Nintendo, why the hell are you here then?
When did i ever say i HATE Nintendo? Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
I find it funny how someone gives their thoughts about something, and someone feels they have to attack said person just for stating how they feel.
It’s as if i attacked you, and i did not.
I love Nintendo, but some times i do question things. Wow.. and some things.
I’m talking about videos i make btw, i avoid using Nintendo’s content cause i will not give them money for it.
I stand by that statement, and if it bugs you.. it’s just going to have to bug you i guess.
i will earn money for my videos. am going to be rihc :’D
I got a music copyright strike on my channel for uploading the MK8 replay data. -.-
Sometimes you have to look at it from a different angle. Nintendo is very protective of the orchestrated music. Alot of time, heart, and soul goes into these masterpieces Nintendo creates. Image if you created a track. You worked on it for months and months. Sat with the orchestra and practiced it day in and day out. Then, it was so good it got Nintendo’s approval to be in one of their games. You would be happy. Very happy. And then next thing you know, your hard earned victory is being distributed all over youtube, for free. I’m sure you would be a little upset. Believe it or not that is taking money out of the creators pocket. When music is disributed over the internet, you cannot call that advertisement. It’s pirating. Plain and simple.
I know, but the fact that I used the replay uploader in the game itself, is alittle unjust, especially for a 30 sec.
He used the Nintendo uploader built into MK8. Stop defending Nintendo. The kids not a pirate, he played the game as designed and got Fucked because Nintendo doesn’t have their shit together. They should be aware that if they are going to discourage free advertising that is not coming out of their budget, AND build a youtube uploader in their game, they better understand how all that shit works before people get screwed.
It’s greed and poor planning on Nintendo’s part.
Why people seems to love hiding behind the “free advertisement” argument to complain about a company just clamming the rights on what they own (and notice that I didn’t used the word Nintendo until this point). EVERY SINGLE COMPANY DOES THAT, if they judge neccessary, of course.
YouTube shouldn’t have to be used as a money fountain in the first place!
I agree with the last part, this is one reason to why humans get lazier and more incompetent and pathetic like that Kardashian garbage…
What is greedy about a company clamming revenue in something that belongs to her? It’s more than fair, it’s the Law. These YT gamers don’t deserve a goddamn dime, in fact. I hate these people that plays games on YT just because of money.
BTW, I’m pissed at Nintendo, not you. Sorry to come across as an ass in my last comment.
“Alot of time, heart, and soul goes into these masterpieces Nintendo creates”
So what are you trying to say? That YouTubers don’t spend hours edting, doing many takes of their work so that it’s the best quality possible?
I’m not outright defending Nintendo’s practice, I’m just saying you have to look at it from both sides. The HappyConsoleGamer got one his video’s flagged because he used a still picture of Link. That was pretty ridiculous.
Sounds like a fair deal to me.
Eh, after a little research, doesn’t sound that good to me at all. Rather it’s all about monetization. Glad this is only in BETA form. I’m not a LP channel or anything like that, I want to be in the future but right now I have other things to focus on.
A little money is fine but having them oversee all of my content and if they find anything objectionable, they can very well request to take down the video and an entire channel as well for reasons that may be more subjective than objective.
I suggest you THOROUGHLY read their guidelines. Check out a few channels on what they have to say about their program too.
Nintendo tries to do something nice & people still bitch about it. *cough*Namie, Noa, Shuhei,etc*cough* Don’t like it? Tough shit. Nintendo’s property so they can very well put as many restrictions on it’s use as they want. “But these youtubers put their own money into making these videos.” So? You think movies that feature something like McDonald’s don’t have to pay McDonald’s a fee for using their restaurant? Newsflash: they do! What Nintendo is doing is no different from what McDonald’s does. Not just McDonald’s but KFC, Popeyes, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Apple, Samsung, etc etc. If something like KFC or McDonald’s pops up in a video game or music video, the creators of that video game or music video have to pay the owners of McDonald’s or KFC for using them in their video game or music video. You think just because you are using Youtube that you are exempt from what other companies have to pay? xD So again, if you don’t like what Nintendo is fucking doing, I suggest you go yell at Sony, Microsoft, New Line Cinema, Apple, & every other business because they do the same damn thing.
If you want to get into business, this is exactly what you have to deal with. These Youtubers are just learning the hard way what students learn the easy way when they take classes in Business Ethics & whatnot.
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