We're obviously going to disagree on this, which is fine by me. This will be my last post to you on this matter. By saying "just slap some commentary on it" is implying such, which is exactly what you said the first time you replied to me. You never once specified the exceptions of this commentary (and yes there are exceptions; there always are), so yes you did in a way say that. Again, you pick and chose what you wanted to say. I said it would be an overstatement to tell me that I'm basically incorrect about everything I said, which you made it known as a generalization. It had nothing to do with the commentary bit. And this multi million dollar company that you're talking about? No one said anything about taking someone to court over it. This isn't even about if I'm going to take someone to court on it btw. And personally, I wouldn't let it go that far. If they're willing to sue me over something like that, especially if it is covered by fair use, then I'll gladly take it down because I'd rather not deal with it. This is all on the matter of fair use, though, which you apparently haven't done your research on what fair use is and what is considered/covered by it or you don't care. Gameplay is generally not covered by fair use because of how people use it. They make these gameplay videos and mention nothing about the game whatsoever or they don't say anything at all. Some people, however, do post them just to show how they would beat a level and such, which IS a form of fair use because it's educational. It is widely accepted and it's because they consider it as fair use/promotion that they're still up. They get these claims on their channel because of the music and sounds, in most cases. How is it that you've made let's play videos on your channel about one of South Park's games and you have no idea who they are? It's obvious that you've never seen the show, unless you blindly watch it without knowing who created it. Everyone knows these guys and they know that they're notorious for pushing things, in terms of copyrights and such, to the limit. I'm going off on the point that they're using people's names, brands, etc and they're using them in their show without their permission. This has nothing to do with freedom of speech. If anything, you'd make a better argument that it's covered as a form of parody under fair use, which should some of it is and some of it isn't. I don't have to explain anything to you because everyone else's videos of gameplays are up and are covered by fair use, otherwise everyone's gaming videos would be taken down and people wouldn't be allowed to stream their games on YouTube and Twitch. Even if I did, that doesn't help your case because of those Stick of Truth let's plays on your channel. Stick of Truth is a South Park game. And South Park was created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. If they were ever taken to court because fair use was no longer accepted towards anything, they would take that game down too, those let's plays that you've done, and everyone else's let's plays of that game. To me, it's hypocritical to say that fair use doesn't cover all of this when you clearly not only make let's play videos, but that you also make let's plays on a game from a show whose characters and everything that is represented on that show is covered by fair use. Because people can say the same things that you're saying about you and your videos. Whether you get permission or not, all of those videos are the same because you're playing a game. It's just a matter of if they want to monetize off your videos, don't see anything worth collecting from you off of it, or just down right take your videos down. I really do agree that you should ask for permission to do those kinds of videos, but the reality is that most everyone who does gameplay videos don't ask for it. With all of this being said, I'm sorry that we don't see eye to eye on this matter, but I do sincerely wish you the best of luck on your channel and I hope you continue to succeed in everything that you do. I don't have any hard feelings on this whatsoever.
