The video hosting site, Vimeo, has decided to yank all user submitted video game content from their site. The reasons they give range from the content generally sucking to the large file sizes and, of course, fear of being sued by the game companies. Wanna bet which reason weighed the heaviest in their decision? I guess it’s understandable but it does not set a very cheery precident for the future. I wonder what next will succumb to fear of litigation? An excerpt from the press release after the jump.

1) Vimeo was created with the intent of inspiring creativity and providing a place to share video with friends and family. The Vimeo staff does not feel that videos which are direct captures of video game play truly constitute “creative expression”. Further, such videos may expose Vimeo to liability from the game creator(s), as we have already seen action from popular video game companies against videos such as these.

2) Gaming videos are by nature significantly larger and longer than any other genre on Vimeo. Over these last few months they have been the single biggest reasons for our transcoder wait times.

You can find the full details here.

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