>>83878677Streaming does not fall under Fair Use (a lot of people think it does, this is not true at all). Game companies have every right to control streaming video of their games according to copyright law. However, most game companies won't do so for the following reasons
>most companies realize streamers help popularize games and choose to support this>it is generally bad PR if they DO choose to go after streamers>it's also a waste of time and money to go after individual streamersJapanese companies for the most part don't care, they still have a 1980s mindset and are hyper-autistic about this shit. No company could've created a website like NND, it had to be the work of individuals together.
COVER, however is a corporation, not an individual, which gives them a much easier 'target' to go after legally. COVER originally did not do this, instead allowing their talent to stream like normal streamers. Then a bunch of game companies (Capcom being a big one) came together and basically went after COVER's talent streaming games. COVER, being a corporation who is 'profiting' off of the streaming of their games without permission meant they were in fact liable.
