New Guidelines Released By Nintendo Changes How Content Creators Get Paid!
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is being released on December 7 and Nintendo released new guidelines just in time for content creators to possibly increase the size of their potential audiences and their income from livestreaming their game play.
This is a HUGE announcement! Because, up until now, Nintendo has strictly monitored content streaming and screenshots of game play for copyright infringement.
Money from ads within content that contained Nintendo-copyrighted content went straight to Nintendo as per YouTube rules according to the controversial program between the two companies. Now instead, Nintendo will send content creators a share of the ad proceeds for any properly registered YouTube videos or channels!
YouTube Rules
YouTubers that want to monetize the video content they have created during game play, can work within YouTube’s Partner Program that allows the company to add advertisements to videos via Google AdSense. The interesting point is that Nintendo will be closing their Creators Program next month.
“As long as you follow some basic rules, we will not object to your use of gameplay footage and/or screenshots captured from games for which Nintendo owns the copyright in the content you create for appropriate video and image sharing sites,” Nintendo posted in a statement on their website.
Each video needs to have some sort of creative input or unique commentary to qualify for the AdSense program and the new rules state that if you want to use intellectual property belonging to a third party you have to gain permission from them before using it. This includes the use of music during a livestream, get permission or pay for the rights to use the music before adding it to your videos.
The new guidelines also include that no content should be uploaded to your channel or account that doesn’t have your own input or it will be removed and your account will be flagged.
Capturing Content
The Nintendo Switch has a feature to “Capture” during your plays or videos as a system feature without adding any other input or commentary. Does this qualify as your own input? I need clarification on that personally but I think it does.
If you read forums online about these changes, there are many that consider these changes to be a hard won victory for the gaming community. Major gamers on YouTube have long been frustrated with Nintendo’s rules and lack of monetization options for their content.
The best part is that these new rules extend to Twitch, too, so Twitch Partners can earn ad money on their streams! From a business perspective, Nintendo chose the perfect time to lift their strict restrictions since they are releasing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on the Switch. The gaming community is very excited for this release and everyone expects this to be the biggest release of the year, at least for Nintendo!
Reminder that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is being released December 7!
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Thank god this program is gone, it was one of the biggest cancers of Nintendo. They have always been hit and miss with how they operate, though it's nice to see them reigning back one of their terrible policies.
Between this, their more open view of what kind of content is allowed on their system (They have become far less censorious then in the past, which is nice considering Sony's recent nonsense), if they would knock this shit involving the emulation take-downs off that would be amazing.
Agreed! Progress! This should be a really good program, I'm looking forward to it because I really like Nintendo game play.