WASHINGTON (BBC): Major games publishers have offered their support to fans who have had gameplay clips removed from YouTube due to “illegitimate” copyright claims. Changes in the way Google-owned YouTube scans videos had caused a spike in clips being taken down. But Capcom, Blizzard and Ubisoft all said they wanted footage of their games to remain online. Gameplay videos are extremely popular on YouTube, with some channels having millions of subscribers.
The clips, which sometimes are more than an hour long, typically show an adept gamer playing portions of popular titles.