Nintendo to not allow EVO 2013 to stream Smash Melee

[Xluidi]

The Kotaku article explains it better, but here's the gist of it:/url]

1. Fans raise almost 95k via charity so that Melee will be a part of EVO, and everyone can watch the stream.
2. Everything is fine.
3. Today Nintendo has decided that they won't allow Melee to be streamed, because I don't know copyright or something, essencially taking a piss on their fans.

Though it was an interesting middle finger towards Smash fans, so feel free to discuss.

 

[Nabber]

95,000 dollars to breast cancer, and now they won't let them broadcast... that's just rude.

 

[Walkazo]

Whoever's been put in charge of "defending Nintendo's Intellectual Property" needs to pull the burr out of their ass and take a chill pill, srsly. The Let's Plays thing was bad enough, but this? Insane.

 

[-----]

i'd just like to point out that ALL of this nintendo copyright stuff has been happening since iwata became ceo

 

[Ray Trace]

Nintendo intellectual property my ass.

I mean I like copyright laws and all but not when it's abused like this.

What a pile of ass.

 

[Ultraluigi]

I like their games a lot, but
fuck you too, nintendo

 

[twinArmageddons]

eheheheh yeah.
My smash friends are in a huge uproar about this also, it's pretty stupid they did this.

 

[Toad Eightyfive]

And I was just getting over the Let's Play thing.

Nintendo, who do you hate the Internet?

 

[Tyrell Badd]

Stream's back.

 

[Xluidi]

Stream's back.

Yep, which I guess is a lesson for Nintendo to learn.

 

[Toad Eightyfive]

That makes it worse.

It's one thing if they're being a-holes to protect their copyright. At least they're proving that they mean business. But when they go back on it just 24 hours later, not only do they piss us off, they look flip-floppy about it.

 

[Unknown Entity]

Oh~ Nintendo~

Just keep doing what you're doing to displease your fans. lol

 

[Magikrazy]

Stream's back.

Remember what happened this time the next time you're about to do something like this, Nintendo.

 

[Tyrell Badd]

That makes it worse.

It's one thing if they're being a-holes to protect their copyright. At least they're proving that they mean business. But when they go back on it just 24 hours later, not only do they piss us off, they look flip-floppy about it.

Apparently, the lawyers answered at first because they didn't know that Nintendo allowed the stream. When the mistake was realized, Nintendo contacted whoever to get it back. At least that's what I've heard and it seems like the most probable situation. So, yeah, people are blowing it out of proportion.