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Nintendo now appears to be helping some YouTube users resolve content ID matches.

A post on Google+ (via Wii U Daily ) claims that a Nintendo representative called Dan (not Dan Adelman) responded to an email asking about content ID matches, and is trying to resolve the situation."The only thing we asked was to put our channel (guess its name…) on their whitelist, and resolve all the claims that were already made against us," it reads. "After that, he sent us another email asking how to whitelist a YouTube channel. We called up BroadbandTV, which is our network, they confirmed us the users of YouTube’s CMS system can whitelist channels from claims. When we asked how to do that, they told us to email TGN support, and we are awaiting response as we speak."We're still awaiting an official response from Nintendo and will update the story when we know more.Regardless, it should be noted that this appears to be a much bigger issue centred around YouTube policy changes, rather than the work of games publishers.

@lukekarmali You can update your article if you want, Nintendo is Manually placing Copyright Claims against youtubers



— HHGAMING (@HASSANALHAJRY) December 12, 2013

@lukekarmali a Prove https://t.co/UOrDwsbqy8 Yes Content ID might be Auto-process but they chose to reject all of my disputes



— HHGAMING (@HASSANALHAJRY) December 12, 2013

While several videogame publishers including Ubisoft, Blizzard and Capcom have all stated they will help any YouTube users affected by the recent copyright claiming spree that's been going on, it seems Nintendo may not.IGN has been contacted by an individual who claims that the publisher has rejected all his appeals against YouTube claims, and is now failing to respond to him.While this doesn't prove that Nintendo is manually bringing claims against YouTube users, it does seem that it is rejecting at least some appeals on flagged videos. This could be because the videos in question are just straight gameplay clips rather than offering commentary, but right now we don't know.We've reached out to Nintendo for comment, and have been told we will be provided with a statement as soon as possible. When we get it, it'll appear here.In the meantime, check out the original story and update below for details on which publishers are offering customers help, and how this issue unfolded.

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Leave the video live for now. Send us the URL of the affected video and let us know who flagged it. We’ll get it cleared hopefully same day.

Ubisoft has released a message to anyone affected by YouTube copyright claims relating to content owned by the publisher, promising to help users resolve their issues.The message explains that if you've been hit by a claim from Ubisoft or "idol", you should leave the video live and get in touch with the publisher directly. It will then reach out to YouTube to get the video cleared.The message reads: "As you’re probably aware, many YouTubers this week have suddenly been hit with various copyright claims related to in-game audio. In June last year, Ubisoft set out its policy opening the door for channels to make videos using game content and to monetise bespoke content."If you happen to be hit with claims on any of your Ubisoft content, it may be that some of the audio is being auto-matched against the music catalogue on our digital stores - it might show up as being claimed by our distributor ‘idol’. In such cases please take the following steps and we can get it cleared for you."Hope this helps, thanks for all your support over the past year and for all the amazing videos! Look forward to working with you in a very exciting 2014!"Anyone affected by Ubisoft claims should email videorights@ubisoft.com Other publishers, including Blizzard and Capcom, have similarly advised anyone affected to contact them directly.Regardless of publisher, this looks set to be an issue that most gaming videos on YouTube will experience for the foreseeable future, as the original story explains.

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Well sadly it looks like Nintendo's legal department is at it again. I'm getting copyright disputes on Youtube... pic.twitter.com/jyFy6LWqUn



— Josh Thomas (@TheBitBlock) December 9, 2013

I got YouTube copyright claim notices for videos by companies that personally asked me to make the videos! Perfect new monetization service!



— Andre (BlackNerd) (@BlackNerd) December 9, 2013

Editor's note - It should be clarified that in the instance of Twitter user @BlackNerd, mentioned below, claims on his affected videos aren't linked to Nintendo in any way. The inclusion of his tweet in the story is to reiterate that this is a wider-reaching YouTube issue, and not one that Nintendo is responsible for. Apologies for any confusion caused.A number of Twitter users are claiming that Nintendo is once again issuing copyright claims on YouTube Let's Plays of its titles.The claim, spotted by Go Nintendo , includes several images that highlight claims being made against the use of Nintendo soundtracks in videos.While several outlets around the web have been quick to lay the blame at Nintendo's door following its previous assault against user-created videos featuring its content earlier this year , it appears their ire could be misplaced. Nintendo Enthusiast explains that the Content ID sweep adversely affecting Nintendo vloggers wasn't actually caused by the company at all; in fact, its YouTube's doing following an update to its policies.The rules were apparently rewritten following legal issues between the National Music Publishers Association an multichannel network Fullscreen. Ever since then, YouTube has been filtering all its videos through a Content ID matching sweep that, given the colossal number of videos on the platform, is still ongoing even now.The irony here is that in some instances YouTube users are being penalised for videos that they were commissioned to make by the companies that are being cited in the claims.It seems, for the time being at least, that Nintendo is entirely innocent of offences this time around, while YouTube still has some kinks it needs to work out when it comes to its new policies.Regardless, we've reached out to Nintendo for clarification over whether it's changed its policy when it comes to user-created YouTube content, and will update the story when we hear back.

Luke Karmali is IGN's UK Junior Editor. You too can revel in mediocrity by following him on IGN and on Twitter