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Nintendo has published a statement on its official corporate social media account, where it addressed rumors of the company lobbying the Japanese government regarding generative AI.
The company had to publish this statement after several rumors spread on social media. These rumors generally claimed that Nintendo was lobbying the Japanese government to protect its IPs from copyright infringements caused by generative AI.
In the same statement, Nintendo also reiterated its intent to deal with any infringement of its IP rights, regardless of whether there are AI-related involvements or not. The latter point means that the company will also actively take down human-made content that infringes on its copyrights.
Nintendo made the statement on its Japanese corporate account not only in Japanese but also in English. The tweets are also available to view right below:
Even before publishing this announcement, Nintendo has been known for issuing takedown notices against unauthorized videos and fan-made PC game mods that feature its copyrights. The company had even filed a lawsuit against Pocketpair for alleged infringements of patents related to the Nintendo Switch-exclusive title Pokemon Legends: Arceus on the latter’s multi-platform game Palworld. Pocketpair later released an update patch for Palworld that removed the legally risky features.
