STOP ME IF YOU’VE HEARD THIS STORY BEFORE… A YouTube channel featuring music, covers or remixes of classics from popular Nintendo games was forced to remove content after it was contacted Nintendo’s Army of Lawyers. Well, this is happening again. A new channel now claims to be the latest casualty of Nintendo’s ongoing war against some of its most dedicated fans.
As I mentioned for the first time before Nintendo LiveThe new member of the club is SynaMax, YouTube channel dedicated to music. The user behind the channel, who states in the channel bio that he has been making music since 2004, has previously uploaded high-quality entertainment clips and covers for some Metroid Prime songs. However, this seems to have caught the attention of Nintendo and its legal team.
in Video uploaded yesterdayThe channel’s creator claimed he was contacted by a Nintendo attorney on May 31 and asked to remove nine videos showing Metroid Prime Musical covers or remixes.
“I’m really disappointed with Nintendo because they forced me to remove these videos because they want a mandatory license,” SynaMax said in the new video.
They further explained that although these videos are now gone forever; His research videos are on Metroid PrimeSoundtracks and other similar videos are safe because they do not contain copyrighted music. Furthermore, they are unable to create any other covers or remixes Metroid Prime or other Nintendo game music, unless they obtain a “mandatory” license from the company.
Kotaku I contacted Nintendo and SynaMax regarding the deleted videos.
SynaMax has acknowledged that these songs are owned and copyrighted by Nintendo and that the publisher has the “legal right to remove this content”.
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However, they questioned why the company became aggressive instead of just demonizing related videos and allowing fans to continue producing and sharing Nintendo-inspired creations. SynaMax said it wouldn’t mind losing that revenue; They just want to share their songs with other fans. Clearly frustrated, SynaMax concluded that they finished creating Nintendo-related content “a very long time ago”.
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we’ve got I saw this same scenario happen again And Back in recent years. Nintendo fans are working hard for it Create new interesting content related to games, or providing other fans with easy ways to listen to Nintendo music that isn’t made available by the publisher, “Big N” responds by sending legal threats to some of its most passionate and dedicated fans.
earlier this month, Nintendo has sent over 500 copyright complaints to one channelThis prompted the creator of this YouTube channel to remove all music associated with Nintendo. In the process, listening to many of the songs they uploaded to YouTube became more difficult, which is a real boon for ardent fans who just want to relive a part of their childhood or celebrate a game they love.
Of course, Nintendo has every legal right to do so. But the thing is, nowadays many other game companies are working with fans and creators to let them create cool stuff in a legally safe way. Many publishers offer interested players legal and accessible ways to read their catalogs. Like we said before, Nintendo doesn’t have to do this.. Yet it continues to do so, making it increasingly difficult to celebrate and enjoy the publisher’s long history and beloved franchises.