Nintendo ID Claims Youtube LPs

[Mutsukki]

And why should Nintendo make the money off a video they did not make either? This is really ridiculous, a lot of LPers actually put hard work and time into making enjoyable content and they're getting pretty much screwed over by this.

Not really. The only things they are entitled to are their own commentary and edits, but the actual game is not theirs. It's no different than making a t-shirt of sonic characters, and trying to sell it. It's illegal to do that. Now if you made the shirts and gave them out for free in some way, like a contest prize or something, that's perfectly legal and falls under fair use.

Since LPs are generally a full run of the game, it's perfectly reasonable for the creators/publishers of the game to get the money LPers are trying to reap from making videos of the whole thing.

So it's illegal to review a movie, or a book or a game and profit over it, huh?