Microsoft Prohibits Gamers From Cashing in on YouTube
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... You know what? ... I think I found a point where this makes sense:
OnLive, Win8.
With Microsoft adding the whole XBOX-crossover thingy, and the Store to Win8, it sounds reasonable to prevent people from "creating video clips of game footage", which includes streaming of actual gameplay.
OnLive, Win8.
With Microsoft adding the whole XBOX-crossover thingy, and the Store to Win8, it sounds reasonable to prevent people from "creating video clips of game footage", which includes streaming of actual gameplay.
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The hilarious part is how blindly afraid these companies are of anyone making money, but if they considered it just for a second they would see very clearly Youtube kids are promoting their shit for free and people buy more of their games that way.
Now the big channels that get millions of viewers and you hinder will just promote another game instead, oh MS you brilliant monkeys.
The hilarious part is how blindly afraid these companies are of anyone making money, but if they considered it just for a second they would see very clearly Youtube kids are promoting their shit for free and people buy more of their games that way.
Now the big channels that get millions of viewers and you hinder will just promote another game instead, oh MS you brilliant monkeys.
... which will never happen.Tiamat666 said:
At this point, you can't kill YouTube. It's where everybody goes for videos (the extremely few blip-shows aside), and it'll take a lot to change that.
Besides, Google still gets ad revenue. Ads can still run alongside the video, as long as the creator doesn't earn a profit. It just really confuses me how this is good for anyone.
To put an end to the discussion regarding Yogscast and TB:RvLeshrac said:
- * Yogscast mainly plays Minecraft, which allows monetisation. Thank Notch.
* TB gets free indie games (and now a few triple-A titles too) from developers to promote them.
I hate to say it, but I don't see much of a problem here. Parodies will be protected by law as well as reviews, and the montage videos will still exist but just not make any money. And beside, I highly doubt that 95% of those montage videos are "Original Content" in the sense that the uploader didn't just edit a string o different videos together.
You will never love another human as much as Microsoft hates its own user base.
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Way to go Microsoft, way to go. In other news, Fuck Microsoft, and everything it has ever done or will do.
That's right, I'm not even giving it a chance to redeem itself. It's gone too far. Shitty operating systems, shitty software, shitty gaming platform, shitty social media systems, shitty email systems, shitty customer service, shitty business ethics, shitty... erm... logo... shitty shitty shitty.
That's right, I'm not even giving it a chance to redeem itself. It's gone too far. Shitty operating systems, shitty software, shitty gaming platform, shitty social media systems, shitty email systems, shitty customer service, shitty business ethics, shitty... erm... logo... shitty shitty shitty.
I read through the whole first page and no one quoted youTiamat666 said:
I feel this is probably why MS acted like they did as well - YT is Google and MS doesn't like them.
Technically you can still upload microsoft game videos to youtube, just can't select the commercial option for monetizing, only the ads on top, below, left, and right of the video.
Chugga does Nintendo games mainly and Nintendo has no plans of implementing something like this because LPers like Chugga, NCS, and TheRunAwayGuys really give Nintendo free advertising. I know that NCS and Chugga have partnerships because Chugga said in an update that LPing was his job and NCS said how he got his partnership back in his Super Mario Galaxy 2 LP.EternalFacepalm said:
Thats the old world thinking and greed for you. Unless you can screw someone out of a lot of money or make the money directly yourself, better to not let the money be made at all by anyone. Regardless of whether or not it will benefit you in the long run or not affect you in the slightest.CentralScrtnzr said:
Its also why so many IP's are sitting around, rotting. When they could license them off to studios for next to nothing or with just a % of profit agreement.
It's not an attack on fair use, it's an attack on people monetising their product. You can argue whether or not that's a good thing, but don't conflate it with free use.Overusedname said:
This post, for example, seems to get it.V8 Ninja said:
Which is why they've chosen an...incredibly narrow attack on them?Thedutchjelle said:I read through the whole first page and no one quoted you
No, seriously. Conspiracy theories often neglect simple questions, and that's what you're doing here. The notion that this is anything other than a face value attempt to "protect" their intellectual properties in a very limited sense.
I mean, hell, Microsoft has actually granted folks a license to use their works for non-commercial purposes, which is actually above and beyond what most companies do. Technically, since this was already part of the operating term ("non-commercial"), they haven't even changed the rules so much as clarified them. And as far as I can tell, they haven't actually shut anyone down in the pursuit of taking on Youtube and Google.
This reeks of "if we can't have it, no one can" mentality.
But I must be optimistic. It seems like game companies are getting dumber and dumber, being bigger and bigger douches to their fans (notable exception of Ubisoft removing their always-on DRM). What if companies acknowledge that the gaming industry is too high-budget and innovation just doesn't work in AAA, so they're essentially committing ritual suicide in order to draw gamers to Kickstarter, the Humble Bundles, and indie games in general?
Now where's that conspiracy Keanu image?
But I must be optimistic. It seems like game companies are getting dumber and dumber, being bigger and bigger douches to their fans (notable exception of Ubisoft removing their always-on DRM). What if companies acknowledge that the gaming industry is too high-budget and innovation just doesn't work in AAA, so they're essentially committing ritual suicide in order to draw gamers to Kickstarter, the Humble Bundles, and indie games in general?
Now where's that conspiracy Keanu image?
Not a smart idea at all. With Halo 4 just around the corner and an entire community itching to release footage on YouTube, MS is kneecapping themselves in the long run by placing a shackle on their community. I have a bad feeling that this will end up dividing the YouTube/Machinima community and fucking MS over big time. What with this and Windows 8, MS seems to be trying to bankrupt themselves.