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July 20, 2010, 01:26:34 PM
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Beckett Media Sued by The Pokémon Company International
The Pokémon Company International sued Beckett Media, known for Beckett Unofficial Pokémon Collector, for upwards to $75,000 for publishing unauthorized scans of trading cards from several recent sets and using graphics in order to gain a profit through commissions.
Former PokéZam (previous location of Crystal Islands) owner, Alakazam (Sean Cooper), is an editor for Beckett Unofficial Pokémon Collector. Sources: Courthouse News Bulbapedia: TPCi files lawsuit against popular magazine publisher Last edited by Cat333Pokémon; July 20, 2010 at 04:56:53 PM. |
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July 20, 2010, 03:26:29 PM
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Ouch, 75,000 dollars. o.o
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July 20, 2010, 03:34:55 PM
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I subscribe to the magazine and I find this dissapointing, but at least we have Bulbanews for the "Real life Pokemon" article, under the name "On the Origins of Pokemon" (so far, none of the Pokemon origins Beckett reviewed are ones that Bulbanews reviewed, but most of us know about Ninetales origins anyways) , and we have Serebii for getting the latest news from Japan, for the cards, there is okebeach and various TCG forums
I mean seriously, first, Viacom sues Youtube over copyrighted content, then various Manga Publishers take down Mangafox for the same reason, now THIS, sheesh, this year has been filled with copyright nazis suing the crap out of everything, what's next, Family Guy getting sued for the pop-culture it has referenced or parodied (free-domain my butt!)!? Last edited by Masterge77; July 20, 2010 at 03:35:18 PM. |
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July 20, 2010, 04:55:34 PM
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Oh ****! I immediately thought of Sean (and I talk with him often there) when I saw the headline of this story. I suspect his job is done there.
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July 20, 2010, 06:05:15 PM
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Yech... That's a helluva fine.
I wonder how many times he's gonna have to hit The Elite Four to bring up that kinda cash... |
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July 20, 2010, 07:37:41 PM
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July 20, 2010, 08:29:23 PM
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copyright has gotten too ugly nowadays, an evil that is necessary and shouldn't be highly enforced, if that person claims that property as their own that isn't legally theirs, they are committing fraud, which is a felony here in the USA.
Last edited by JC; July 20, 2010 at 08:29:58 PM. Reason: spelling error |
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#8
July 21, 2010, 04:24:13 AM
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Quite expected from a large company.
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July 21, 2010, 06:00:04 AM
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I do not mean to change the subject, but do you remember the So Bad It's Good Megaman cartoon from Ruby Spears, do you know why it was cancelled, not because of low ratings as most people believe, but because of copyright nazis, while RS did have the rights from Capcom.... OF JAPAN THAT IS, Capcom of America wouldn't let it fly, this is because in Japan, Megaman is called "Rockman", and since Capcom of America owns all rights to the name "Megaman", the show was canned, AND RIGHT BEFORE THE THIRD SEASON COULD AIR AT THAT. This is one of the reasons why copyright nazis are such butts
Either way, by the looks of it, the third season would have been a little less corny and introduce a story arc, in it, Protoman would switch sides, and all the Robot Masters that did not appear in the series would appear, including all eight of the recently released at the time Megaman 6 Robot Masters This is just ONE of the many things copyright nazis have done to popular franchises like this one, and apparently, Pokemon has now fallen victim to it as well..... Last edited by Masterge77; July 21, 2010 at 10:18:26 AM. |
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July 21, 2010, 11:40:55 AM
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this whole month has been full of copyright crap
First NCS, Chuggaa, others get suspended for false copyright claims and now this? |
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#11
July 25, 2010, 02:31:51 AM
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Wow, a $75,000 fine is quite a lot.
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July 26, 2010, 05:15:55 PM
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Anyone remember when the 2nd gen was brand new, those really horrible pictures they had of them that appeared in like every issue? They were funny.
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July 27, 2010, 11:03:40 AM
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Too bad I don't know what the heck BM is.
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July 29, 2010, 11:08:59 AM
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This whole month has been nothing but people getting sued for copyright, the only good thing it has brought us is that Viacom has lost the lawsuit against Youtube, and that's the only GOOD thing that has happened this month, everything else is this copyright bullcrap, and if it's not copyright, it's our idiot politics and the oil spill instead! Last edited by Masterge77; July 29, 2010 at 11:09:11 AM. |
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