"Nintendo is claiming ad money from Youtube user content"

j29 · May 16, 2013

"A Youtube user by the name of Zack Scott, who runs Let’s Play videos on the site, has been targeted by Nintendo for using its games in his videos and the video game giant is now claiming advertising revenue from him, despite the fact that his commentary of the games is covered by fair use law.

Using the content ID match system that is often automatically implemented on videos where people use copyright protected music, Nintendo is now claiming all ad revenue from videos that Scott has featured its games in.

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As part of our on-going push to ensure Nintendo content is shared across social media channels in an appropriate and safe way, we became a YouTube partner and as such in February 2013 we registered our copyright content in the YouTube database. For most fan videos this will not result in any changes, however, for those videos featuring Nintendo-owned content, such as images or audio of a certain length, adverts will now appear at the beginning, next to or at the end of the clips. We continually want our fans to enjoy sharing Nintendo content on YouTube, and that is why, unlike other entertainment companies, we have chosen not to block people using our intellectual property.”

Uhmm, Linus/Slick?

Source: Kitguru [http://goo.gl/XYJpV]