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Nintendo Takes Legal Action; This time, against the Poke-lovers
Tweet Topic Started: Sep 18 2010, 03:40 PM (678 Views)
Angel of Light	Sep 18 2010, 03:40 PM Post #1
Let there be Cake for all Posts: 1,807 Group: Kirby Member #13,111 Joined: August 11, 2010	Very recently, Nintendo has issued a cease and desist letter to high ranking members of the Pokemon news world. They are asking them to take down their images pertaining to the recently released games Pokemon Black and Pokemon White. A very recent quote from the owner of the Pokebeach website. Pokebeach We just got a letter from Nintendo (edited to remove personal info obviously) asking to take down all of our Black and White images or bad stuff will happen. I called the lawyer who sent the letter and he said he'll be making the rounds on other Pokemon sites as well and that they're doing an investigation. I was first on their list. I'm about to go out while Bangiras plays the game due to a family emergency but I have 24 hours to remove the images. Joy! Anyways, we'll continue to play the game and report what we find like we've been doing. Oh and the lawyer said he likes my site. :p A link to the website: //snip A link to the letter itself (WARNING: Dowload File): http://pokebeach.com/news/0910/letter.doc Discuss. Edited by 55K, Sep 18 2010, 08:06 PM.
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IceCatraz	Sep 18 2010, 03:54 PM Post #2
Roar of Mufasa Posts: 9,215 Group: Administration Member #1,391 Joined: February 11, 2006 Gender Male Coins 29	Awww shit. That's not good. Or like them, either. In fact, it doesn't really make much sense - there are far too many sources around the net for them to actually take down public information. Sounds fake BUT, just incase, I'm going around backing up webpages so that I can save the info.
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Angel of Light	Sep 18 2010, 04:03 PM Post #3
Let there be Cake for all Posts: 1,807 Group: Kirby Member #13,111 Joined: August 11, 2010	From how Pokebeach's owner is reacting, I don't know if it's all that fake. It's dangerous territory when you tread on legal issues. But I will admit, this is a bit off ... I'm not sure why they're doing something like this.
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IceCatraz	Sep 18 2010, 04:08 PM Post #4
Roar of Mufasa Posts: 9,215 Group: Administration Member #1,391 Joined: February 11, 2006 Gender Male Coins 29	There's no way that letter was written by a professional - there's all kinds of grammatical errors tacked to that page. Not only that, but Nintendo of America has nothing to do with this particular task - it'd be Nintendo Co. itself, not NOA that deals with it. That and the fact that if anyone were to take legal action, it'd be GameFreak, not Nintendo. I doubt this entire thing. If it is real, Nintendo needs to hire an English teacher for their legal division.
	Tanks


Angel of Light	Sep 18 2010, 04:15 PM Post #5
Let there be Cake for all Posts: 1,807 Group: Kirby Member #13,111 Joined: August 11, 2010	Actually reading through it myself, I see your point, IC. Having grammatical errors in a legal document technically nullify the entire thing, if I'm not mistaken. And another thing ... what legal branches are open in the weekends?
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IceCatraz	Sep 18 2010, 04:30 PM Post #6
Roar of Mufasa Posts: 9,215 Group: Administration Member #1,391 Joined: February 11, 2006 Gender Male Coins 29	Well, big companies like Nintendo generally have one of those "on call" attorney set ups. I'm not saying it's fake - it just doesn't seem professional at all. Looks like a prank, if any.
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Angel of Light	Sep 18 2010, 05:01 PM Post #7
Let there be Cake for all Posts: 1,807 Group: Kirby Member #13,111 Joined: August 11, 2010	Adding to the argument that it COULD be a prank is this. No other sites have mentioned anything about this letter yet. Meaning they haven't received one.
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Togeshroob	Sep 18 2010, 05:18 PM Post #8
(Temporarily closed. ...Gwaargh!) doo wee doo wee doo Posts: 3,617 Group: Sage Member #7,789 Joined: February 7, 2008 Gender Male	Where did you find this on Pokebeach? It's not on the front page, at least not anymore. Also, the fact that he called the lawyer to confirm adds a bit of truth to it, though I guess it still could be a prank. Edited by Togeshroob, Sep 18 2010, 05:18 PM.



Angel of Light	Sep 18 2010, 05:38 PM Post #9
Let there be Cake for all Posts: 1,807 Group: Kirby Member #13,111 Joined: August 11, 2010	Is should be somewhere on the front page. He's just updating so much that it go moved down. But it's still on the front update page, last I checked.
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lileep	Sep 18 2010, 05:48 PM Post #10
I returned because I love you guys (sniff) Posts: 174 Group: Bombette Member #13,147 Joined: August 21, 2010	OH SHIT Is Nintendo finally becoming Money-Whores? If I were Nintendo, I wouldn't do this to people posting pictures of B/W, since the pictures only increase publicity = more buyers.



Angel of Light	Sep 18 2010, 05:50 PM Post #11
Let there be Cake for all Posts: 1,807 Group: Kirby Member #13,111 Joined: August 11, 2010	Well, it's unknown still if it's even them. Some are suspecting 4Chan of the incident.
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Underdog Ash	Sep 18 2010, 05:54 PM Post #12
Musician, writer, lover, fighter. Posts: 968 Group: Slippy Member #12,678 Joined: March 30, 2010 Gender Female	I don't see the big deal about Nintendo wanting to sue these websites...or whatever they may do. However, they own the rights and everything, so they do have the authority to do this stuff. Whoever really wanted this info has seen it already though, so maybe it's not that bad of a thing and eventually, everyone will see it. Has Nintendo ever done this before?
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BonBon	Sep 18 2010, 05:57 PM Post #13
Not a Paratroopa Posts: 518 Group: Waluigi Member #13,004 Joined: July 13, 2010 Gender Female	Didn't the game come out in Japan, like, today? Having them take all the pictures down as of now is ridiculous.



Underdog Ash	Sep 18 2010, 05:59 PM Post #14
Musician, writer, lover, fighter. Posts: 968 Group: Slippy Member #12,678 Joined: March 30, 2010 Gender Female	BonBon, I'm not sure when it came out in Japan. I'll check on it, but if that's the case, then it's pretty ridiculous that Nintendo wants websites to take down the pictures... Edit: Yep, the game came out in Japan today. I read that usually, games are released on Thursdays, but Saturdays are saved for the big releases, so it came out today... Edited by Underdog Ash, Sep 18 2010, 06:03 PM.
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Togeshroob	Sep 18 2010, 08:48 PM Post #15
(Temporarily closed. ...Gwaargh!) doo wee doo wee doo Posts: 3,617 Group: Sage Member #7,789 Joined: February 7, 2008 Gender Male	It's certainly not a bad thing that Nintendo is seeming like a 'money whore,' lileep. They've lost quite a bit of money this past several years due to increasingly rampant piracy on the DS. One of the main things they're focusing on with the 3DS is pirate-proofing it as much as they can. But it is out in Japan now... So, unless this is a prank (because they certainly didn't do this with Diamond and Pearl, and those had huge leaks months before even the Japanese release), maybe they still think that Western fans know nothing of what goes on in Japan, and vice versa? :s



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