Thursday, February 5, 2015

A Quick Review Of the Legal Issues Around Nintendo's Absurd Decision to Tax Youtube "Artists" Who Make Let's Play Videos:

Author's note: This is crossposted from my G+ account and in no way shape or form is a classic of western literature:


A) Yes, it is Nintendo's "right" to pathetically attempt to generate capital in the most asinine way possible - thereby alienating a bunch of their fans, decreasing the quality, if not the quantity (yet) of free advertising from basement dwelling neckbeards who live and breath their games. It probably won't work and it absolutely makes it clear how much deep shit the company is really in - but yeah, they have the right.

B ) Oddly enough, I also have the "right" to call them "desperate, greedy corporate shitstains" and suggest this strategy will "never work in a million fucking years".

C) Wait, it gets better - YOU shockingly have the right to DISAGREE WITH ME and wait for it - this doesn't have to mean we start an internet holy war over it!  WHO KNEW?!

Finally of course D) I can "sekretly" think you're a corp-sucking sycophant who probably thinks he's maintaining a long term sexual relationship with Wario on the Astral realm... but I won't actually SAY that, I promise.

- nina