{"id":23277,"date":"2022-12-14T05:37:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T05:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/14\/nintendo-copyright-strikes-video-about-unreleased-heroes-of-hyrule-game\/"},"modified":"2022-12-14T05:37:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T05:37:52","slug":"nintendo-copyright-strikes-video-about-unreleased-heroes-of-hyrule-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/14\/nintendo-copyright-strikes-video-about-unreleased-heroes-of-hyrule-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Copyright Strikes Video About Unreleased \u2018Heroes Of Hyrule\u2019 Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

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from the nintendon’t<\/i> dept<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s no secret that Nintendo<\/a> is one of my common targets to slap around for its draconian enforcement of intellectual property, much to the annoyance of some Nintendo fans. It\u2019s just that it\u2019s\u2026 hard not to? This is an enormous player in the video game industry that wields IP as a method for taking down all kinds of fan-driven content that typically isn\u2019t available anywhere else at the time Nintendo\u2019s lawyers get involved. There were all kinds of takedowns for game music<\/a> that Nintendo doesn\u2019t make officially available, for instance. Then there were both the war on ROM sites<\/a> and all of the other behavior the company engages in that threatens game\/art preservation efforts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It all boils down to this: if control of IP is at stake, Nintendo basically puts literally every other possible concern to the side and focuses on control. And that sucks, especially for those looking to preserve or document games from days gone by.<\/p>\n

But I haven\u2019t seen Nintendo copyright strike someone basically reporting on and discussing a game that never came out<\/em> before. I can\u2019t say that anymore, with the Did You Know Gaming<\/em> YouTube channel having a video disappeared<\/a> in which it discussed Heroes of Hyrule<\/em>, which never made it past the pitch stage.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNintendo has removed our Heroes of Hyrule video from YouTube. This was a journalistic video documenting a game that Retro Studios pitched to Nintendo nearly 20 years ago. This is an attempt by a large corporation to silence whatever journalism they don\u2019t like, and a slap in the face for video game history preservation. We are exploring all available options to restore the video.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019m tempted to believe that this was some automated system gone awry. Given that the game never even made it to a place where there would be gameplay footage to share, I can\u2019t imagine there were any actual game assets in the video, though the video is currently down so I can\u2019t check to be sure. But even if gameplay footage did show up in the video, this is still about as clear a case of fair use as I can imagine.<\/p>\n

And because it\u2019s Nintendo, I also have no problem believing that the company\u2019s lawyers may have just nuked this thing manually, either. And if that\u2019s<\/em> the case, it\u2019s even more absurd. Either Nintendo\u2019s and YouTube\u2019s combined attempts to automate copyright strikes sucks once again, or the company\u2019s lawyers can\u2019t recognize obvious fair use when they see it. Bad times either way.<\/p>\n

The sites official Twitter account, meanwhile, has a pinned tweet actively encouraging everyone to let Nintendo know what they think about all of this.<\/p>\n

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All that negative PR the company is likely getting over a game that never got made? Sounds like Nintendo to me!<\/p>\n

\nFiled Under: copyright<\/a>, fair use<\/a>, heroes of hyrule<\/a>, journalism<\/a>
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