GilvaSunner announced that he would delete his YouTube channel after receiving a series of copyright claims from Nintendo for his videos filled with music from official video game soundtracks, including those from the gaming company.
The content creator revealed on his Tweet that his channel received a total of 1,300 copyright claims from Nintendo just a few days ago, then another set of 2,200 copyright claims from the same company yesterday. He expected that there would be more strikes to follow.
Because of this, he will delete his channel that he maintained for eleven years on Friday, Feb. 4.
His YouTube channel has over 470,000 subscribers as of writing, with soundtracks from several Nintendo titles such as Super Smash Bros., Kirby, The Legend of Zelda, Punch-Out, Donkey Kong, and Super Mario.
Most of these soundtracks, according to Techraptor, are not available elsewhere online, even on popular streaming platforms such as Spotify or Apple Music.
It also had tracks that are remixes and covers of several video game soundtracks. He credited them to several music makers that worked under SBFR, an online community of Japanese remixers.
He also credited NewYorkBass in several of his videos. They are a group of musicians based in New York City covering video game music.
Once he deleted his YouTube channel, all of the soundtracks he uploaded, including ones that cannot be found online, will also be gone.
According to GilvaSunner's series of Tweets, he thought about it over the past few days until he decided to do so. He also asked his viewers to respect his decision to move on once he deleted the channel.
Finally, he thanked those who supported him and the channel for over eleven years, adding that he is amazed to see the video game music (VGM) community have grown. He also told them to give support to the community and the composers.
This is not the first time Nintendo has become strict in terms of copyright.
In 2015, according to CGM, the gaming company issued content claims against any YouTuber who was using or uploading footage of their games and forced them to be included in their Creator's Program. Nintendo decided to end the program last 2020.
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