{"id":133131,"date":"2023-04-15T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-148023"},"modified":"2023-04-15T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T15:30:00","slug":"zelda-breath-of-the-wild-multiplayer-mod-youtube-videos-are-getting-copyright-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/04\/15\/zelda-breath-of-the-wild-multiplayer-mod-youtube-videos-are-getting-copyright-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Multiplayer Mod YouTube Videos Are Getting Copyright Strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7263415618f04\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7263415618f04\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Zelda multiplayer mod\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7263415618f04\/zelda-multiplayer-mod.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7263415618f04\/zelda-multiplayer-mod.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Zelda multiplayer mod\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Nintendo is believed to be at it again with YouTube takedowns, reportedly targeting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_breath_of_the_wild\">Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/a> mods.<\/p>\n<p>The YouTuber supposedly in the company&#8217;s firing line is the streamer and modder known as &#8216;<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FSZYpDk9Xm8\">PointCrow<\/a>&#8216;. He&#8217;s got 1.6 million subscribers and made headlines in 2021 for offering $10,000 USD to anyone who could assemble a Breath of the Wild multiplayer mod.<\/p>\n<p>This creation was <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/01\/random-a-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-multiplayer-mod-is-now-in-development\">developed<\/a> with the help of the modder &#8216;Alex Mangue&#8217; over the past year, and now Nintendo has apparently gone on a rampage according to PointCrow &#8211; claiming more than 24 videos on his channel (including ones about the multiplayer mod). Apart from Zelda, this includes other Nintendo content like Mario and Pok\u00e9mon.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/pointcrow\/statuses\/1646958876636610561 @ 2023-04-15T19:48:07+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just put a video out going over the take downs that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoAmerica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NintendoAmerica<\/a> has issued on my YouTube channel. Please go give it a watch, it&#8217;s incredibly important! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EHD6E7yCP3\">pic.twitter.com\/EHD6E7yCP3<\/a><\/span>\u2014 eric pointcrow (@PointCrow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PointCrow\/status\/1646958876636610561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>In a new video upload titled &#8220;<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FSZYpDk9Xm8\">Nintendo is Taking Down My Videos<\/a>&#8220;, PointCrow called out the video game giant (in a prepared statement, reviewed by his lawyer) for targeting his channel with two separate copyright strikes aimed at his Zelda multiplayer mod videos, and accused it of &#8220;deliberately&#8221; putting his livelihood in danger.<\/p>\n<p>He hopes Nintendo can potentially consider reversing the decisions, as he admits he really can&#8217;t do much but plead and &#8220;move away from this kind of content&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>PointCrow insists he has &#8220;never encouraged piracy of Nintendo&#8217;s games&#8221;, has never sold the mods he commissioned, and notes how &#8220;all of the code is custom&#8221; &#8211; claiming it is &#8220;free of Nintendo assets&#8221;. The download links on the Zelda multiplayer mod&#8217;s Discord page have been removed, too.<\/p>\n<p>The content creator also raised concerns about how his videos with &#8220;regular&#8221; Breath of the Wild gameplay have been unfairly targeted as well and believes his uploads fit within <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.co.jp\/networkservice_guideline\/en\/index.html\">Nintendo&#8217;s game content guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"FSZYpDk9Xm8\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>This current situation has apparently escalated with Nintendo now being accused by <em>other<\/em> YouTubers of striking videos with &#8220;no context&#8221; but copyright removal. This supposedly includes even more regular videos, with the Breath of the Wild-focused YouTuber &#8216;<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Croton\/videos\">Croton<\/a>&#8216; claiming that one of the videos they lost had &#8220;nothing to do with mods&#8221; and was simply a challenge run.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/crotonzelda\/statuses\/1646552528069197832 @ 2023-04-15T23:11:37+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nintendo just nuked 10 of my streams and 2 of my videos off the face of the platform? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoAmerica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NintendoAmerica<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>No answer&#8217;s, no context, just a copyright removal. And one of these videos has literally nothing to do with mods and was simply a Zelda challenge run<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m very saddened <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HLc9yADoYu\">pic.twitter.com\/HLc9yADoYu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Croton \ud83c\udf5e (@CrotonZelda) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrotonZelda\/status\/1646552528069197832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>PointCrow warns this may set a precedent and is concerned these current takedowns could greatly impact YouTube coverage of the upcoming release <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_tears_of_the_kingdom\">The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom<\/a> &#8211; with creators possibly having to worry about &#8220;Nintendo exercising their [sic] copyright over a video that is in line with their [sic] own policies&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;So, if you&#8217;ve uploaded any video that features any Nintendo content, no matter how transformative or directly in line with their [sic] published guidelines, you are at risk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/zelda\/related-articles:124168,147908 @ 2023-04-15T23:44:53+01:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>If we hear any significant developments, we&#8217;ll let you know.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo is believed to be at it again with YouTube takedowns, reportedly targeting Zelda: Breath of the Wild mods. The YouTuber supposedly in the company&#8217;s firing line is the streamer and modder known as &#8216;PointCrow&#8216;. He&#8217;s got 1.6 million subscribers and made headlines in 2021 for offering $10,000 USD to anyone who could assemble a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}