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Topic	Phil Spencer wants to buy Nintendo
darkknight109 09/20/23 11:10:29 AM #43:	Revelation34 posted... Violating Fair Use to falsely claim copyright should be criminal. The problem is Nintendo is based in Japan and Japan does not have a Fair Use exemption in their copyright laws. Hence, Nintendo's claims are valid under Japanese law. So Youtube has a choice - they can either enforce the claim for Japan only (i.e. block the videos in regions where Nintendo's claims can be enforced) or they can make life easy for themselves and just accept Nintendo's claims. Youtube being Youtube, it's not particularly surprising that they did the latter. --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror! <cite>darkknight109 posted [p:976192022] in Phil Spenc... [t:80570827]...</cite> <quote>Revelation34 posted... </cite><quote>Violating Fair Use to falsely claim copyright should be criminal.</quote>The problem is Nintendo is based in Japan and Japan does not have a Fair Use exemption in their copyright laws. Hence, Nintendo's claims are valid under Japanese law.So Youtube has a choice - they can either enforce the claim for Japan only (i.e. block the videos in regions where Nintendo's claims can be enforced) or they can make life easy for themselves and just accept Nintendo's claims. Youtube being Youtube, it's not particularly surprising that they did the latter. --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster.Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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