Rumour [UPDATE: debunked, see threadmark] MEGATON RUMOR (take w/ salt): mass Nintendo music DMCA takedowns the work of an impersonator

[Raccoon]

I saw this on Twitter (yeah, yeah I know) and thought it was too massive if true not to get a topic. You can read through the Twitter thread here, but I've embedded the choice bits below:







Surprisingly, there's precedent for this sort of thing:




I understand that it's a massive platform, but YouTube really is the worst.

(also @Derachi)

 

[Magic-Man]

It would be incredibly hilarious if this was just Youtube being stupid this entire time.

 

[Barely Able]

Don’t we have enough fake shit going on in the world? Now we have people doing fake copyright claims? The digital future controlled by 5-6 companies really is going to be great…

 

[Raccoon]

Don’t we have enough fake shit going on in the world? Now we have people doing fake copyright claims? The digital future controlled by 5-6 companies really is going to be great…

and the 5-6 frontrunners are fucking stupid

 

[shoptroll]

Don’t we have enough fake shit going on in the world? Now we have people doing fake copyright claims? The digital future controlled by 5-6 companies really is going to be great…

I don’t know what’s dumber: fake DMCA takedown for music you don’t own or minting an NFT for music you don’t own

 

[GrislyRaccoon]

Hope its true, it would shut up some of the twitter circle jerk crowd.

 

[Tangerine_Cookie]

Hope its true, it would shut up some of the twitter circle jerk crowd.

That crowd isn't actually going to shut up even if Nintendo tweeted they weren't the ones behind the DMCAs lol

 

[frog]

yeah I got a takedown for a couple PLA OST uploads from Nintendo of America, Inc. not just "Nintendo"

 

[7threst]

Hope its true, it would shut up some of the twitter circle jerk crowd.

I wouldn't hold my breath. Shit is toxic AF on Twitter.

 

[GrislyRaccoon]

I wouldn't hold my breath. Shit is toxic AF on Twitter.

I'm seeing it already lmao.

 

[Deleted member 2349]

I hope this is true, and that this stuff gets re-listed

That crowd isn't actually going to shut up even if Nintendo tweeted they weren't the ones behind the DMCAs lol

what is the twitter circle jerk crowd? people mad about nintendo copyright claiming stuff?

 

[Deleted member 2349]

ah, this might be our answer

 

[Raccoon]

ah, this might be our answer

if this is the case then @Derachi's and my hope may be true: this is named differently because it's coming from an upcoming user-facing channel or service

we might be getting nintendo music let's gooo

 

[Hylianhero777]

if this is the case then @Derachi's and my hope may be true: this is named differently because it's coming from an upcoming user-facing channel or service

we might be getting nintendo music let's gooo

...or not and they just took down a huge project of a community member without offering any alternative. Hope that's wrong but idk things aren't looking that good from my perspective here

 

[Raccoon]

...or not and they just took down a huge project of a community member without offering any alternative. Hope that's wrong but idk things aren't looking that good from my perspective here

it's the new name that makes it weird

 

[Deleted member 2349]

it's the new name that makes it weird

does this explain the new name?

 

[Raccoon]

does this explain the new name?

ah indeed it does

alright gang that's enough to call in for the lock

 

[Deleted member 2349]

ah indeed it does

alright gang that's enough to call in for the lock

hahaha sorry Raccoon, I too would like a way to easily listen to Nintendo music

 

[Tentacle-tropes]

It would be incredibly hilarious if this was just Youtube being stupid this entire time.

That’s always the default answer for me when it comes to stuff like this. Even when more details come out I always put YT in the blame.

 

[Raccoon]

hahaha sorry Raccoon, I too would like a way to easily listen to Nintendo music

I still have a tiny sliver of hope just because of the sudden mass volume of takedowns, but it could just as easily be a policy change

definitely a bummer

 

[Ahmed]

ah, this might be our answer

Someone in the comments said it isn't true, and their argument makes sense imo.

There is a precedent where the same type of claim was false.