Nintendo is known for not being squeamish about copyright infringement. Since the big leak of the new The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, people have been particularly sensitive and sometimes have an innocent Twitch streamer banned.
Who got it? Alanah Pearce is an Australian video game writer, streamer and YouTuber. On May 9, she tweeted that her Twitch channel had been suspended mid-stream.
Apparently, Nintendo had imposed a copyright strike on the 28-year-old – and she didn’t do anything wrong.
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Nintendo imposes hasty copyright strike
How did the ban come about? As Alanah Pearce reported on Twitter, she was reacting to a video posted by YouTuber SkillUp when the ban hammer hit her. The video featured official preview footage and impressions of the new Zelda game, Tears Of The Kingdom.
As pointed out by PC Gamer, the footage was taken “during a Nintendo-hosted event organized by Nintendo to promote this Nintendo-developed game.”
In a YouTube video of the situation, Alanah Pearce suspects the game maker launched the copyright strike before realizing the material was authorized. In addition, Twitch is said to have confirmed to her that the complaint came directly from Nintendo.
But she also emphasizes that it really shouldn’t have happened: after all, it was an obviously edited video, SkillUp was just speaking and she was streaming under “Just Chatting” and not in a gameplay category.
We have included the video for you here:
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What’s behind it? Even at the best of times, Nintendo is considered to be quite “trigger” when it comes to copyright infringement. Many have already felt the anger of the Japanese game and console manufacturer:
At the moment, however, Nintendo seems to be particularly pessimistic about alleged copyright infringement, as the much-anticipated new triple-A title The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom was released earlier this month, almost 2 weeks ahead of its scheduled May 12 release. completely leaked.
The colleagues from GamePro also reported on the leak itself. Since then, Nintendo has been trying to somehow get the cat back in the sack and apparently put a copyright strike on everything that even remotely looks like leaked gameplay.
In the case of Alanah Pearce, the matter has probably been clarified, her channel is already online again.
Other companies aren’t exactly squeamish about leakers either. A Magic: The Gathering YouTuber reported an awkward visit after revealing secret cards. He had acquired the tickets legally:
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