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Cut and paste from the tiny little transcript window because I don't wanna watch this guy talk for eight minutes and maybe you don't want to either: ---- so Nintendo has decided to take down the my and other content creators videos I ask that you watch this whole video so you understand the entire situation because it affects you and the content creators that you may Support also this is a prepared statement reviewed by my lawyer so if it seems like I'm reading from a script uh it's because I am my main hope is that if somebody at Nintendo watches this they will listen to what I have to say and consider reversing the decision to claim these videos so uh hi I'm Eric or Point Crow I make videos playing games sometimes in strange ways but for today it's important for you to know that on occasion I modify the games I play and explore what happens when the game mechanics are a little different most recently I modified The Legend of Zelda breath of the wild to become a multiplayer game to be clear I have never encouraged piracy of Nintendo's games the mods that I've commissioned are not being sold and all of the code is custom meaning that they are free of Nintendo assets on April 6th one week ago Nintendo decided to block all four videos that I put up on YouTube playing the multiplayer mod I appealed their decision as I'm very much in line with their content guideline policies we'll go over that in a moment and these videos are fair use Nintendo then escalated and issued a copyright strike against my YouTube channel not once but twice rather than bundle the videos all into one copyright strike Nintendo issued a copyright strike for one video and then bundled the other three into another strike deliberately putting my channel in danger but not taking it down completely I was able to get an email address for Nintendo and sent a message asking that we discuss what's going on and try to reach an amicable resolution that would make both parties happy I heard nothing back so far here's that email if you would like to read it so the next day Nintendo claimed 24 more of my videos from my channels most of them are modded content a lot of them are breath of the Wild but not all of them are this is key they also claimed videos containing footage from Super Mario Odyssey the Pokemon series and Wii Sports Resort from my channel the most surprising one though was a claim from one of my first videos back in 2019 marrying seiden and a bookshelf to create hyrule's first car it's just a regular vanilla gameplay video of breath of the wild these takedowns aren't exclusive to my channel either over the course of the next couple days Nintendo was taking down videos from other channels as well Croton another very prominent YouTuber has had at least 10 live streams and two videos removed importantly one of those videos is simply a challenge video detailing how the game would be played if the player decided to explore Zelda with certain restrictions the player has imposed on themselves these takedowns may have started with modded content but they have spiraled into something else entirely so now you know what's happening uh at this time my channel has had 29 videos taken down two copyright strikes and Nintendo does not seem to be stopping the removal of videos from other creators on YouTube so let me really Levy the importance of this on you the viewer Nintendo is sending takedowns and Strikes against the creators showing content of their games it's not just modded content they've shown that they're striking down regular gameplay videos as well it's sporadic and their enforcement of their copyright is incredibly uneven the thing is without even considering fair use all of these videos are very clearly in line with Nintendo's own game content guidelines for online video and image sharing platforms which I will include in the description below I will also read it for you here from their FAQ what types of content are acceptable under the guidelines what types of content are not acceptable we encourage you to use Nintendo game content in videos and images that feature your creative input and commentary for example let's play videos and video game reviews are within the scope of the guidelines however you may not simply upload a live stream of an existing Nintendo video gameplay footage without your own creative inputs or a copy of content created by someone else for example mirror copies of Nintendo promotional trailers tournaments music soundtracks gameplay sequences and art collections are outside the scope of the guidelines you might argue that modded content is in violation of these guidelines but historically that's not the case the terms of service for the Legend of Zelda says you cannot modify the game but it also says that you cannot stream it you cannot make videos of it and you cannot otherwise broadcast it a Nintendo's game content guidelines changes this though by providing a license on top of the existing terms of service which modifies the terms of service for Content creators all of the videos that they have taken down are in compliance with their own policies I use Nintendo game content in my videos and they are all featuring my creative input and commentary throughout the duration of the medium now this is a little scary because the president that they set uh with this case may apply heavily for their upcoming release of The Legend of Zelda tears of the Kingdom as per their decisions to take down gameplay and Challenge videos alongside the modified content it'll be difficult for any content creator to post Creative Concepts without having the fear of Nintendo exercising their copyright over video that is in line with their own policies in fact what they've demonstrated here is that they will ignore their own policies and licenses to selectively enforce their intellectual property so if you've uploaded any video that features any Nintendo content no matter how transformative or directly in line with their published guidelines you are at risk giving these decisions I'm hesitant to post videos of myself playing tears of the Kingdom even with my creative input and commentary for fear that they will also be taken down I hope that is not the case so uh what am I going to do nothing um I can't do much of anything about this other than plead with Nintendo and move away from this kind of content my other option is to appeal the dmca notices and risk a multi-million dollar lawsuit so even if I'm in the right here that risks my channel my livelihood and the livelihoods of my team I don't want to go through that and I'm left questioning the future of the content that I'm allowed to make so I'm releasing this video informing you all of what's going on in this community and using this as an open letter to Nintendo so here's my explicit message to Nintendo I love the games that you make the stories you tell the ideas that you explore from giving me the closest moments that I've had with my friends to my Mom calling every electronic device I own a Nintendo you mentioned in your content guidelines that you are humbled every day but the loyalty and passion for Nintendo's Games characters and world and respect that we want to be able to express ourselves creatively by sharing our own videos and images using content from your game if you truly respect us and are humbled by this community don't take this creativity away from us these channels you've targeted these videos you're claiming are from some of the people that are most passionate about your games you're stifling that imagination and punishing those who want to share it with others when they do it in the way that you have outlined for us creators please remove these strikes and claims or at least start a dialogue with us so we can figure this out and all move forward with the excitement I'm sure you would love to see about your future games you have my contact information already from the dmca and the email that I've sent uh I'll be waiting eagerly for your response so thanks ---- (This is YouTube's auto-generated transcript, no editing or formatting applied.)