Nintendo Hits Gaming Music YouTube Channel With 1300 Copyright Blocks
Nintendo has abruptly blocked over 1300 YouTube videos containing copyrighted music from its various games. This is the latest in a long line of copyright crackdowns from the company that most often target YouTube channels, streamers, indie designers, and other fan projects.
Nintendo has become notorious for its aggressive and seemingly random copyright enforcement. Many fans have taken issue with these methods of protecting Nintendo's copyrights and the opportunistic, unexplained way that it utilizes them. Countless fan creations have been erased from the public sphere after suddenly receiving cease-and-desist letters from Nintendo, with no way to appeal the decision and no realistic path towards litigation. Many of these creations have been free fan games, remakes, and mods, such as the ill-fated Metroid 2 remake AM2R or the multiple cases of classic Nintendo games remade in Unreal Engine. Videos containing Nintendo content are another frequent target, especially those that contain music from Nintendo's games.
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One well-known YouTube channel called GilvaSunner has just been hit hard by Nintendo's copyright enforcement, with over 1300 of their videos blocked in a single day. The channel, which uploads a variety of video game soundtracks and remixes, has been flagged by Nintendo in the past for posting music from some of its most popular titles. However, GilvaSunner does not monetize any of their videos, and many full soundtracks of Nintendo games still remain on the channel. In spite of this, Nintendo has once again invoked copyright for a number of soundtracks, and GilvaSunner tweeted a list of the specific ones that were removed.
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