Konami is essentially imploding right now under the weight of (completely justified) criticism being leveled at them. Following the debacle surrounding the conclusion of Hideo Kojima’s working relationship with the company, it was revealed that the much-anticipated Silent Hills was being canned, which would have been bad enough were it not for Konami then making the inexplicable decision to remove its playable teaser P.T. from the PlayStation Store, effectively wiping out a piece of gaming history. Now, as if to intentionally add fuel to the fire, the company has decided to hit a YouTube video investigating Konami and Kojima’s relationship with a copyright strike.
The video, titled ‘Kojima vs. Konami: An Investigation’ and uploaded by YouTube video maker George “SuperBunnyHop” Weidman, was seemingly pulled from the video sharing site due to a copyright strike, despite the video containing no copyrighted material and falling completely within the site’s terms of fair use.
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Companies have used YouTube’s wonky reporting tools to remove videos from the site in the past, though typically they have stretched to Let’s Plays. It’s rare for a company, especially one as big as Konami, to file a copyright strike against a video just because it criticizes them, and it is obviously a heinous move that will only stand to make them fall further from grace.
In the video, which was uploaded two weeks ago, Weidman uses “inside knowledge” to discuss what could have potentially taken place between Konami and Kojima that led to the pair’s fractured business relationship. While Weidman’s sources were unverified, the video caused enough of a stir for Konami to deem it damaging to the company’s image, therefore forcing it off the site.
Here’s a reupload of the video, though expect it to be pulled soon, too:
