Nintendo...

I have a playlist on YouTube in which I have put about 60 kind of funny videos. I decided to rewatch them all because I was bored, the 14th video was called " mario kart 9 " and it contained kirby's car transformation from forgotten land driving around a mario kart 8 deluxe course. To make it even more funny it was uploaded a day after that teaser for kirbys forgotten land in which kirby transformed into a car. When I was about to watch it, a little message popped up. To quote it exactly it said:

" This video contains content from Nintendo, who has blocked it on copyright grounds "

I don't know about everyone else, but imo this is the dumbest thing I've seen in a while. The video got about 660,000 views. It's not like it actually leaked mario kart 9 or anything.

I suppose forgotten land wasn't released at this point but I think nintendo might have gone a bit far.

Am I wrong, do you think nintendo did a good thing in removing it, or has their copyright striking addiction gone too far?

Nintendo sucks tbh. Very litigious, famously so.

Doesn't surprise me at all. Japan - in general - has a different mindset about what copyright is, and considers fair use as an invalid counterclaim.

After the whole Totally Not Mark vs Toei Animation incident, nothing Nintendo does can surprise me anymore.

Doesn't surprise me at all. Japan - in general - has a different mindset about what copyright is, and considers fair use as an invalid counterclaim.

After the whole Totally Not Mark vs Toei Animation incident, nothing Nintendo does can surprise me anymore.

That's fine, and I try not to judge the Japanese by my American standards, but I have no mercy for those who disextend the same courtesy. I guess people need to host their own websites on American soil that can't be touched by Japan and the tyranny-loving YouTube.

I wish this was the worst that Nintendo did. They have a disgusting history when it comes to being anti-consumer.

That's fine, and I try not to judge the Japanese by my American standards, but I have no mercy for those who disextend the same courtesy. I guess people need to host their own websites on American soil that can't be touched by Japan and the tyranny-loving YouTube.

Indeed.
The problem is that Japan doesn't have proper laws regarding fair use, which allows companies like Nintendo to abuse the copyright law. Some Japanese companies and studios are up-to-date on fair use and could even consider videos (Let's plays, reviews...) about their products as "free advertisement", but some others still have the "old" mindset where they refuse to adapt to how modern day social media works, which is why a person could get in trouble with the law for just uploading screenshots in Japan.
This issue is the main reason why so many people cheered after a manga author recently became a high-ranked politician, hoping that politicians like him can help the government realize that copyright-abuse causes more problems than solutions.