Nintendo is believed to be targeting Zelda’s Breath of the Wild mods for YouTube takedowns.
The YouTuber, who is presumably in the company’s shooting line, is a streamer and modder known aspoint claw‘. He has his 1.6 million subscribers and made headlines in 2021 by offering his US$10,000 to anyone who can build a multiplayer mod for Breath of the Wild.
The piece has been developed with the help of modder ‘Alex Mangue’ for the past year, but according to PointCrow, Nintendo seems to be going on a rampage – more than 24 videos on his channel (including multiplayer mods). Apart from Zelda, this includes other Nintendo content such as Mario and Pokémon.
With a new video upload titled “Nintendo is deleting my videoPointCrow has accused the video game giant of targeting his channel with two separate copyright infringements targeting his Zelda multiplayer mod videos (confirmed by his lawyers in a prepared statement). accusing him of “deliberately” endangering his livelihood.
He hopes Nintendo could potentially consider reversing the decision, admitting he really can’t do much and pleading to “stay away from this kind of content.” increase.
PointCrow claims that he “never facilitated copyright infringement of Nintendo games” and that he never sold the mods he commissioned, adding that “all the code is custom”. He points out that “Nintendo has no assets.” The download link on his Discord page for the Zelda multiplayer mod has also been removed.
The content creator also expressed concern that his videos containing “regular” Breath of the Wild gameplay were being unfairly targeted and believed his uploads would fall within bounds. Nintendo Game Content Guidelines.
This current situation has clearly escalated and Nintendo is now other YouTuber for impressive videos with copyright removed “without context”. This will likely include many more regular videos, including YouTubers focused on Breath of the Wild.CrotonOne of the videos they lost had “nothing to do with mods,” claiming it was simply a challenge run.
PointCrow warns that this could set a precedent, and worries that these current takedowns could significantly impact YouTube coverage of the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom release. doing. [sic] Video copyright in line with copyright [sic] its own policy.”
“So if you upload a video featuring Nintendo content, regardless of how transformative it is or whether it’s directly in line with their policy, [sic] Published guidelines, you are at risk. “
