To those with 'Lets Play' Youtube Channels:

[Digital_Mantra]

http://www.penny-arcade.com/report/article/nintendo-takes-legal-action-against-its-own-community-claims-rights-over-yo

C'mon Nintendo.. really?
I doubt it will escalate to nab other rights, but it's worth a read.

[Quietus]

Well, that's one way to win more fans when your company is already struggling, right? :neutral:

[Fizzer]

It's very good of them to allow people to use their content creatively, in a world where most companies now ban such activity completely. It is very like Nintendo to allow people to use their intellectual property freely. When it comes to any money made from Let's Play videos of Nintendo games, I think it is rightfully Nintendo's, or 99% of it is anyway, so them taking that is not a problem.

[Zero One]

Considering this affects me, I'm just gonna point out the fact that YouTube explicitly states that you can't monetise videos of game footage without permission from the IP owner. Nintendo is merely exercising their rights.

Besides, there's a large list of companies that allow monetisation. All Valve games can be freely monetised, Blizzard allows it, Mojang allows it, provided it has something like audio commentary over it, Epic Games allows it...

[Digital_Mantra]

I think it is rightfully Nintendo's, or 99% of it is anyway, so them taking that is not a problem.

I agree 100%, what could concern some LP'ers is a 'sudden youtube violation' before being contacted through proper protocols as to what company will monetize,
if the youtuber is a partner or not. A sudden youtube violation sucks, hard. It would mean that out of nowhere a strike to the channel is unwarrantably cast,
causing the youtuber to deal with video time restrictions, etc. All in all, I don't see many problems with what Nintendo is doing, but youtube can be a bitch.