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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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ELI5: Why gaming companies want to remove gameplay videos and "let's-plays" from YouTube?
gpt
That's not what the current issue is about, it's about monetizing. People can make money from their videos based on the number of hits. The new content ID system scans whole videos for even a tiny fragment of copyrighted content and tries to give all monetization of the video to the people it thinks own the copyright, as well as allowing nonsense fraudulent claims.

Many game studios have come out and said they're fine with people using their content in stuff like LetsPlay videos or video reviews of their games. The only one who's explicitly said they'll attempt to claim copyright on every video they can is Nintendo.

No studio actually wants to have the videos taken down, except a couple of very specific instances where a development company has put out an awful game, then tried to copyright-claim bad reviews of it off YouTube whilst letting positive reviews remain.