Nintendo "anticipates" Article 13 and frees the monetization of the content of its video games – Computers

Article 13 has returned to the information, probably with exaggerated alarmism, but in the expectation of the decision to reform the copyright, Nintendo is doing the reverse and "deprotecting" his property intellectual. Nintendo has long been challenged by content creators on platforms such as YouTube for not allowing creators to monetize their studio-created games. That is to say that whenever a youtuber involves games such as Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Arms or Splatoon, the monetization of the platform is automatically cut off and its contents is directed to the Nintendo rights holder. properties.

Nintendo was perhaps the only publisher to "ban" the freedom of the creators, forcing them to join a separate program from the Japanese giant, the Nintendo Creators program. In this sense, all videos of the first games of the company were monetized by Nintendo, which then reported a percentage to the respective creators. Something that has always been challenged by the creators, who simply chose not to produce videos, streams or "series" of their games.

At a time when more "rigid" measures are being developed to defend copyright, with the "ghost" of Article 13 on the air, Nintendo is committed to its fans and joins all the other video game publishers. believe that disclosure of the content of their games is beneficial to society.

So, although with common sense rules, for example, only produce content from games already launched on the market (to prevent the escape of embargoes or even pirate copies that come first on the market ); or do not place real games – all videos must be edited and elaborate, such as comments on the game – can be submitted to YouTube without any "monitoring" of Nintendo.

Nintendo says the Nintendo Creators program ends on December 6 and will pay the remaining revenues associated with the program until February 2019.