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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

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