Machinima demanded payment for video views, claims Minecraft creator
Just today, Examiner has linked us to a reddit post in which users discuss the issue, with some claiming that allowing monetization of Minecraft’s “lets plays” is one of the keys to the game’s success.
However, one particular response to that has thrown many of us off. Minecraft creator, Markus Persson aka Notch, stated that Machinima demanded to be paid for their videos as they believed that their videos helped in boosting Minecraft’s sales.
Machinima itself is a gaming and media streaming website that hosts thousands of videos through a series of YouTube channels.
While Persson didn’t deny that the game’s sales were boosted by Machinima’s videos, he mentioned that their demand was offensive because they were trying to make money off of someone else’s work.
“Machinima wanted us to pay them money. They said their videos were driving sales for Minecraft, and that they should get a cut.” “They have amazing engineers and passionate directors, but their business practices are insane.”
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slapshot101Posted:
It is stupid of Machinima because the people at Minecraft never asked for any advertisement, so they should have to pay, but it was a nice try by Machinima.
FrogPosted:
Well it's true that many people buy Minecraft through watching videos of it on Machinima, but without Mineraft, Machinima would get much less video views meaning much less money for them. That's just being plain greedy asking Minecraft for a cut of their profit.
ChiPosted:
Money, money, money, some credibility, but mostly money.
As if you didn't have enough already.
I really don't see a need in this.
As if you didn't have enough already.
I really don't see a need in this.
slapshot101Posted:
I think YouTube should be a free place where everyone doesn't profit from it so none of these problems arise. YouTube was created to be a place of sharing videos not creating multi million dollar deals.
SreyoPosted:
There's no way to prove that Machinima's vids helped Minecraft grow. Plus, the people behind Minecraft didn't tell Machinima to make minecraft videos.
People are just idiots these days.
People are just idiots these days.
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