Why are songs and movies copyrighted but you can upload a full playthrough of a video game on YouTube?
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Paying $ for a video game is so you can play it. Watching someone else play it is not taking $ out of the pockets of the creator. Songs and movies, however, you are “consuming” in the way they were intended if you are watching or listening. Doing this for free on youtube (or anywhere else) is a way to consume the product without paying for it. Watching someone play a game will do nothing but make *you* want to play the game, so essentially it’s a free “commercial” for the game. No better publicity than seeing someone have a great time using your product. It just makes more people want it.
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