Nintendo Copyright Takedown vs Defiant Youtubers Meme
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A meme comparing Nintendo's strict copyright takedown of YouTube videos using their music to an intimidating authority figure, and defiant YouTube creators to a smug unyielding villain
Overview
This is a two-panel reaction meme using screenshot assets from the 2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The top panel features a close-up of a stern, intimidating King Dedede, overlaid with text framing him as Nintendo issuing copyright takedowns for YouTube videos containing Nintendo-owned music, asking "Do you yield?". The bottom panel shows a grinning, defiant Bowser standing in front of a fiery background, framed as content creators who continue uploading Nintendo music despite takedown notices, responding with "Laughter I do not". The meme humorously comments on the well-documented conflict between Nintendo's strict intellectual property enforcement policies and YouTube creators who share Nintendo soundtrack content on the platform.
Origin notes
This meme is a derivative work that repurposes scenes from the 2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie combined with a popular "do you yield / I do not" meme template. It was sourced from an RSS feed of the X.com (formerly Twitter) account @meme.jpg, where it was shared as a user-created edited meme commenting on ongoing Nintendo copyright takedown events on YouTube.