Nintendo music YouTuber who received 4,000 copyright strikes is closing their channel

A YouTube user who claims to have received around 4,000 copyright strikes from Nintendo for uploading video game soundtracks has announced that they are ending their channel.

GilvaSunner, a popular YouTube channel that boasts almost half a million subscribers, wrote on Twitter that Nintendo had sent them a further 2,200 blocks in addition to 1,300 he had previously received from the publisher.

“After thinking about this a lot over the past few days, I’ve decided that at this point it’s really not worth it to keep the channel up any longer, and will therefore delete the GilvaSunner YouTube channel (or what’s left of it) this coming Friday,” they wrote.

“There are many different opinions over what is happening and that’s fine! I can understand pretty much all sides. I know this is disappointing to read for a lot of you, but I hope you can respect my decision to want to move on at this point.

“I want to thank you for the 11+ years of support (or more if you followed me before this account) and the many nice messages you shared with me. It’s been truly amazing to see the VGM scene grow so much! Please keep supporting the composers and community!”

At the time of publication, some music from Game & Wario remains on GilvaSunner’s channel, however music from Super Mario Sunshine, which was accessible last week, has now been taken down.

Nintendo does not typically release its soundtracks on music services, leading many to call on the publisher to do so.

Historically, Nintendo has actively shut down violations of its copyright on YouTube.

Eventually, the company set up the Nintendo Creators Program, a program designed to ensure that videos featuring Nintendo games were approved for publication.

However, the company later shut down the program, claiming that it would give content creators more freedom in using Nintendo games in their videos, but posted strict guidelines for their usage.