Many YouTubers that were very excited to share their gaming experiences while playing No Man's Sky have been left devastated as Sony clamps down with manual copyright strikes.
YouTube videos that include a discussion in regards to leaked copies of Hello Games' highly-anticipated action-adventure have been hit with copyright strikes, restricting the uploaders from livestreaming content on the website.
One of the YouTubers affected by the strikes, Steven Thomas, has been speaking to GameInformer about the current status of his channel.
“During this livestream I gave everyone a run through of the new updates from the game's website,” he said.
“I also gave my thoughts and opinions. Some people would ask me that are not familiar with my channel if what I was showing is new gameplay footage or not and I would clarify to everybody, verbally, that what I was showing is of the old gameplay footage.
"I am FIRMLY against others violating street date and uploading gameplay prior to release without express written permission.”
GameInformer has also revealed that Steven had been planning to stage a 24 hour livestream of No Man's Sky gameplay, once the game had been released, with proceedings going towards the Make-A-Wish foundation.
However, that just won't be possible on his channel, per Sony's copyright complaint against the video.
“Due to this strike I am now unable to livestream on YouTube, which hinders everything I've planned for the Make-A-Wish foundation fundraiser,” he explained.
“If this is not corrected I will be forced to resort to using Twitch, however I do not have a fanbase and have never livestreamed on this platform so there is a high chance that the funds that could have been raised for the charity will greatly suffer.”
It would seem, based on GameInformer's initial report, that other YouTube channels have been hit by these copyright strikes and are coming forward with more information and new statements.
We would advise, in the event that you're putting together a YouTube video regarding the No Man's Sky leaked copies and the 1.03 update, to hang fire before doing so. At the moment it would seem that the risks far outweigh the reward.
