PlayStation 5 Pro YouTube Video Copyright Claimed By Sony

gameranx.com:

Sony has placed a copyright claim on a leaks video about the PlayStation 5 Pro.

As reported by Video Games Chronicle, YouTuber Moore’s Law is Dead’s video about the PlayStation 5 Pro from March has been taken down from the site. A message on the url says that “This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Sony Interactive Entertainment.”

While we reported Insider Gaming’s follow up rumors regarding the PlayStation 5 Pro, it seems the smoking gun was that Moore’s Law is Dead YouTube video from just the day before. For the sake of documentation, this was what was revealed in that video, as Insider Gaming themselves reported it:

Insider Gaming and IGN both corroborated that the information in the YouTube video came from documentation on a PlayStation developer portal. In other words, that information was verified to be legitimate, and Sony’s plans got leaked out months early.

Within a few days of this leak, Sony was reportedly already investigating this leak, and presumably they would have traced the developer or insider who compromised their security and trust. They will likely never make that information public, but that couldn’t stop them from doing this.

Now, Sony surely must have known that taking this video down would be tantamount to admitting that the rumor was true. We don’t think the company currently worrying about declining first party sales would make the effort to strike one YouTube down for that purpose.

It’s more likely this move was meant to punish YouTuber Moore’s Law is Dead. The copyright strike system in YouTube is slanted against the YouTubers, as this system can lead to demonetization and even account closure. There’s also opportunity for abuse as many YouTubers have proven they were the victim of false strikes.

But if we assume that the takedown was valid, that would mean that Moore’s Law is Dead really did get their hands on documents from Sony detailing the PlayStation 5 Pro. This potentially opens the floodgates, as other game