Ridiculous. You don't have the pay to listen to the radio, you shouldn't have to pay to just listen to music online.
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Not happy with nuking out of Youtube all FE music, Nintendo hits GilvaSunner (copyright claims) and BrawlBRSTMs3 (terminated)
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so you are saying that youtube/youtube channels need to pay royalties to the artist/copyright owners?
because radios works like that.
Not every game even sells soundtrack CDs, people, lmao. I'm not sure why that's an argument anyone is using to defend Nintendo.
Better than having nothing to listen to. And I'm not defending Nintendo
Well if they can't or won't buy the CDs or are unable to legally stream I guess they're shit out of luck. I'm sure the other ways are frowned upon just like videogame piracy is.
And you know what a lot of music owners do? They license their music to be played on Youtube instead of taking it all down. Funny how that works.
It amazes me, even given Nintendo's reputation, that they haven't followed Square/Enix's direction and done this. As of right now, Nintendo makes basically $0 in the United State on their soundtracks. If they uploaded them to the streaming services they would start pulling in some serious cash. Obviously it would require some effort, writing metadata and making sure the rips/masters are good, but the opportunity is right there.
and where did i insinuate/said another thing?
i was just saying to that poster that even on radio someone is paying the creators/copyright holders.
One of my favorite thing about those music video, was to read other people reactions about what the music is associated to, that is really hard to get on forums because it's very specific.
Now I just wish they'd put those on streaming platforms even if I'll miss that.
Now I just wish they'd put those on streaming platforms even if I'll miss that.
There's actually a new Japanese law revised in 2016 about an Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement in October 2015 where it said the following:
In other words, the distribution of video game soundtracks on YouTube without permission from respective copyright owners is considered illegal copies of Japanese works, and thus prompt actions must be taken (YouTube channel takedowns).
Nintendo copyright claiming the soundtracks and taking prompt actions here is warranted and justified, and there's nothing we can do about it.
In other words, the distribution of video game soundtracks on YouTube without permission from respective copyright owners is considered illegal copies of Japanese works, and thus prompt actions must be taken (YouTube channel takedowns).
Nintendo copyright claiming the soundtracks and taking prompt actions here is warranted and justified, and there's nothing we can do about it.
If Nintendo is required to be so aggressive about YT music upload copyright strikes by law then why don't we see other Japanese publishers do the same thing? (And maybe people wouldn't have to find Nintendo music on YouTube if only Nintendo made more of an effort to make it officially available...)
How does it harm Nintendo to let people listen to their game soundtracks? Pure greed and being out of touch with the modern world.
It's still up in the hands of the copyright owner, if they wanted to file a complaint or not. This is why sometimes you do, sometimes you don't. Shueisha Inc.has been filing complaints in the manga community for a long while, takedowns and C&Ds were given to most prominent scanlation groups.
In some parts of the world you do.
In germany we have to pay by law.
Am I crazy or is BrawlBRSTMs3 X channel still up? I know this thread is old and bumped, but I'm guessing his channel was restored?
According to the other thread, if Nintendo let's people listen to their music, they would... *double checks notes* no longer be allowed to ever make music ever again.
S-E went on a takedown spree a few months ago if I recall correctly
the thing that frustrates me the most about all of this bullshit is that I would gladly listen to the soundtracks on a service that would earn nintendo revenue
if they would fucking add it to them
I haven't owned a CD player outside of the one in my car for literally decades, and my PC doesn't have a CD drive.
if they would fucking add it to them
I haven't owned a CD player outside of the one in my car for literally decades, and my PC doesn't have a CD drive.
It's funny that when this thread was made the big issue was the removal of Three Houses music.
Just a quick search on YouTube now and there's plenty of results.
Just a quick search on YouTube now and there's plenty of results.
Square Enix was infamously aggressive about hunting down music download sites in the pre YouTube days, wouldn't be surprised if they were still at it. Then you have the record companies like Nippon Columbia that will hunt down music if the publishers aren't. iDOLM@STER music is often taken down by them or Bamco.
Besides not answering the question asked, one other company is not representative of japanese publishers typically taking the same actions as Nintendo.
Fuck Nintendo for this man. If you're going to go on a purge across YT (which is fair), at least put your music on streaming services so people can listen to them whenever they want. Why are they still so stubborn about this
Unpack this more: what benefit does Nintendo derive from allowing people on YouTube (or wherever) to upload their music? Could the same be extended to film soundtracks or TV scores or whatever other medium you want to apply it to?
I'd wish they'd at least would sell the CDs in the west... I get that they may dislike streaming since companies like Spotify pay peanuts, but at least put the music in sites where the rest of the world can buy them.
Importing is a hassle.
Importing is a hassle.
I'm fine with music being removed from YT, but they really need to provide a legal way for people to listen to their music if they're going to copyright claim it.
It is in there rights ... But it would be amazing to release CDs or distribute it in another way.
Since you "double check", can you give us a source for your claim?
SE did that around the same time they put the soundtracks on Spotify. So SE was protecting a direct revenue stream whilst giving people a free way to listen to the soundtracks. It's a very different situation.
They are able to monetize these uploaders' videos through Content ID, so that's one benefit.
I'm also perfectly comfortable criticizing a multinational corporation (who has made many games I absolutely love) for doing things purely for their own bottom line. Like, many of these OSTs are not even available to purchase as CDs in the west. If they had an official upload channel or put their music on Spotify/another streaming service, I would have much less of a problem with this. As it stands, for many people who love their games and the music of those games, YouTube is the best way to listen to them.
At no point did I say I don't think they should be allowed to do this, nor did I say I don't understand why. I just think it sucks that they do things like this all the time to their biggest and most passionate fans, and that other companies, even in gaming, have handled the tricky situation with regards to fan projects and content much better.
While I wish Nintendo would offer the music for streaming, I can't really get mad at them for having the unauthorized YT videos of the music shut down.
Due to current copyright laws, we are essentially losing legal access to a significant amount culture for the sake of private company profits. It's especially outrageous given that a lot of the culture that is made inaccessible is collateral damage resulting from laws designed to allow private companies to (perhaps rightfully) tightly control how they monetize the small minority of their cultural assets they actually care about monetizing.
I'm no piracy advocate, but piracy is the only way a staggeringly large amount of cultural artifacts are feasibly accessible for the vast majority of people. Again, this is not advocacy. It is a description. Unfortunately, I don't see the situation changing for the better. It WILL change for the worse, though.
I'm no piracy advocate, but piracy is the only way a staggeringly large amount of cultural artifacts are feasibly accessible for the vast majority of people. Again, this is not advocacy. It is a description. Unfortunately, I don't see the situation changing for the better. It WILL change for the worse, though.
There is a high liked tweet acting as if all the song were gone form youtube when you can easily find it