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by thejammahimself 1384 days ago
Not disputing what you are saying but I think the problem is also Nintendo here. Other companies love it when their players make projects like this with their work, and I've heard Sega even hired people who made fan remakes of Sonic. But for some peculiar reason Nintendo seem to absolutely determined to defend their intellectual property. What's annoying is that stuff like this isn't threatening their business model at all, and it could also be beneficial to them by raising interest in their product. But their decision to take revenue off YouTubers years ago was hugely detrimental to them as it lead many YouTubers just to avoid covering Nintendo altogether, and it's insane it took them so long to u-turn on it.
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> Not disputing what you are saying but I think the problem is also Nintendo here. Other companies love it when their players make projects like this with their work

I agree that Nintendo deserves criticism for their aggressive enforcement of the law, but the real problem is the law that allows for it. I agree Nintendo's actions probably hurt them more than helps them, but clearly they feel otherwise. Fix the laws and it fixes the problem at its source.