Latest music YouTuber targeted by Nintendo claims ‘lawyers phoned me’
Another YouTuber has allegedly been forced to remove their Nintendo music after claiming they were called by Nintendo’s lawyers.
SynaMax specialises in making covers and remixes of Metroid Prime music, but in a new video posted on Tuesday, he explained that he would no longer be able to do so.
“On May 31, a lawyer representing Nintendo called me and asked me to take down nine videos off the channel,” SynaMax explained.
While Nintendo tends to pull straight rips of its music from YouTube, it appears that SynaMax’s music consisted of remixes and covers instead. it’s also the first recorded instance of Nintendo’s lawyers reaching out over the phone, rather than simply striking the content.
Pointing out that his research videos on the making of Metroid Prime’s music were safe to remain up, he said: “Those things are all okay because that’s not copyrighted Nintendo music.
“However, a recreation cover, or just a cover in general or any sort of remix, that, unfortunately, cannot be done without compulsory licences.”
In his new video, SynaMax argued that he would have had no issue with Nintendo simply issuing a copyright claim on the videos and taking over monetisation for them, as many other companies do, instead of having them pulled off YouTube entirely, as is the case with other non-Nintendo remixes he’s made.
“What happens is all that ad revenue goes to record labels instead of me, which is fine, because they own the original song, and I get to keep my remix up on YouTube for everyone to listen to,” he explained.
“I don’t make a single cent on it, but that’s fine with me because at least everyone gets to listen to my remix.
“Why can’t Nintendo go down this route? Why can’t Nintendo do this like everyone else? Why does my recreation
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