A Lawyer Explains the PointCrow Takedowns and the Legality of Mods

Moon Channel April 22, 2023
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What Happened to PointCrow? Why is Nintendo Taking Down His Videos? I'm Moony: a lawyer. I've been asked by viewers to make a quick video about the PointCrow situation. This video explores the legality of modding, the nature of End User License Agreements, and shows you just extremely stacked the law is against content creators. The reality is, all content creators operate at the mercy of IP holders, and they owe us -nothing-. We can follow their rules, or accept their consequences. If that's something that bothers you, the problem is the law itself -- let's look and see just how that is. Poor PointCrow. I hope he emerges from this trouble unscathed. 10% of Moon Channel's Revenue goes to charity: including our sponsorship income! We are currently supporting Doctors Without Borders (MCF). You can learn more about Doctors Without Borders at https://www.msf.org/. Our first donation will be arriving this month (once YouTube payment clears) so stay tuned! -- Please also consider supporting Moon Channel on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/MoonChannelYT --- Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:47 - Chapter 1: The Legality of Mods and Fair Use 12:29 - Chapter 2: Guidelines vs. End User License Agreements 18:47 - Chapter 3: We Are Ever at Their Mercy 20:54 - Conclusion 23:39 - Sneak Preview/Credits Gag --- Additional Reading: Please check out PointCrow, at: https://www.youtube.com/c/pointcrow 17 U.S.C. §106 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/106 Micro Star v. FormGen Inc., 154 F.3d 1107 (9th Cir. 1998). https://via.library.depaul.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1317&context=jatip MDY Industries, LLC v. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. 629 F.3d 928 (9th Cir. 2010), https://h2o.law.harvard.edu/cases/4365 Blizzard vs. BnetD https://www.eff.org/cases/blizzard-v-bnetd Take-Two vs. GTA Multiplayer https://www.pcgamesn.com/grand-theft-auto-v/rockstar-bans-users-of-fivem-multiplayer-mod-claims-it-can-facilitate-piracy Nintendo Game Content Guidelines for Online Video & Image Sharing Platforms https://www.nintendo.co.jp/networkservice_guideline/en/index.html Nintendo Switch Support End User License Agreement https://www.nintendo.com/sg/support/switch/eula/usage_policy.html Nintendo Switch Family User Agreement https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/48058/~/nintendo-switch-family%3A-user-agreement XBOX EULA https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/hardware-network/warranty-service/xbox-software-license-agreement PS5 EULA https://doc.dl.playstation.net/doc/ps5-eula/ps5_eula_en.html --- The Track List, by Fan Request: Sorry, I had to get rid of the timestamps; they were messing with the chapters! You may notice a lot of the music is ... "modded." It was on purpose! Please enjoy this video's very eclectic mix of music, taken from Siivagunner. That's an interesting story in its own right! https://www.youtube.com/@SiIvaGunner (1) Rito Village Night - The Legend of Zelda, Breath of the Wild (2) https://youtu.be/htWO8s_wHIs (3) https://youtu.be/60_MvUjiuAY (4) https://youtu.be/x6KpqaMPb6E (5) https://youtu.be/2pLxKpFI--w (6) https://youtu.be/Q_58TuF7Ius (7) https://youtu.be/FmZcDJhzpzc (8) https://youtu.be/dJh4KKxpaMg (9) https://youtu.be/R-uAatgqkQY (10) Rito Village Night - The Legend of Zelda, Breath of the Wild (11) Kass' Final Song - The Legend of Zelda, Breath of the Wild (12) https://youtu.be/xtYryJEieBk If you recognize song (12), you have my love and respect. Track playlists and additional reading resources might someday be a Patreon reward! --- Subtitles by: James Hugh (Thank you, James!)

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