While Nintendo loves to roll out friendly games to its customers, when it comes to using their music, the company might be taking a different approach. The owner of a Canadian YouTube channel said that he has received 500 copyright strikes from Nintendo of America for his content.
Canadian Channel Hit with 500 Copyright Strikes for Nintendo Soundtracks
The YouTube channel is called DeoxysPrime and reportedly focuses on video game soundtracks. So far, the company has released over 4,000 subscribers and so far, they have gained over 165,000 subscribers.
As reported by the YouTube channel according to the story by Geek Wire, the channel has received over 500 copyright strikes for its content. This led to the channel having to take down all of its different videos related to video game music from Nintendo.
YouTube Channel Announced Takedown of Content on Twitter
This is not the first time that Nintendo was able to take down content from a YouTube channel this year. As per Geek Wire, although this move might not be uniformly accepted by fans, the company remains the copyright holder and does have the right to do so.
The Canadian YouTube channel DeoxysPrime was initially created back in 2010 and so far, one of its content highlights is focusing on the "Sony the Hedgehog" series. The channel decided to share what happened to them in a Twitter post that detailed certain content's deletion.
Effective immediately I will be removing all Nintendo music from my channel. With 500+ claims and a dozen soundtracks blocked over the last week it's pretty clear they don't want their music on YouTube. I'm sorry to everyone who enjoys their music but I don't have much choice.
— DeoxysPrime (@DeoxysPrime) May 30, 2022
Nintendo Hit Another Channel with 1,300 Copyright Strikes Which Led to Its Complete Takedown
News started to spread and the story was picked up by Video Game Chronicle just shortly after posting it. The Canadian YouTube channel, however, confirmed that they did not plan to delete their channel but rather retain the non-Nintendo soundtracks for the foreseeable future.
In other news, Nintendo hit another channel called GilvaSunner with 1,300 copyright strikes at the start of this year. The channel decided to close down, according to SVG, and all social media related to it were taken down as well.
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Company Tightens Up When It Comes to Protecting Its IP
Although it might be fun to stumble upon a familiar soundtrack to a gamer's favorite title, this occurrence can be delicate for the uploaded. Nintendo is one of the companies that are apparently very strict when it comes to using their content without consent.
Although soundtracks might not directly compete with the company's content or hamper sales of its games, the company has still decided to launch copyright strikes against channels that use its soundtracks without permission.
Geek Wire notes that traditionally, Nintendo has been known to aggressively protect its intellectual property but fans, collectors, and historians have seen the company increase its efforts on a more aggressive tone.
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Written by Urian B.
