Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26830649-20150523031612/@comment-26830649-20150528195142

Tupka217 wrote: I've never wondered how they do that. I've only wondered WHY?!, and how to turn it off. There are no arguments in favor of autoplay.

Technically, video game music is copyrighted. Wikis operate on fair use, it's questionable if usage on a userpage is fair use, but that's rarely acted upon. Well, each to their own.

Also, if a video is held by a copyright claim, there is coding inside the video that prevents it from being embedded to external sites.