New news, new thread.
More: http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20...lement_in_lawsuit_over_copyright_infringement
Previously:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1119794
Sue me for copyright infringement if old.
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For those of you that weren't aware, the Pokémon Company recently sued a fan over alleged copyright infringement. Here's the breakdown of what happened: A Seattle Café owner named Ramar Larkin Jones was going to be throwing a Pokémon themed party at his café, the Pokémon Company slapped him with a lawsuit, and the two parties supposedly managed to agree to a settlement. Jones was unable to pay the settlement and set up a crowdfunding campaign which successfully had managed to accrue the funds. Unfortunately for him, the Pokémon Company has now withdrawn the settlement, evidently as a result of his painting the Pokémon Company in a bad light.
More: http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20...lement_in_lawsuit_over_copyright_infringement
Previously:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1119794
Sue me for copyright infringement if old.
---Pertinent info:
(from page 19)
The discussion of this thread would really benefit from the legal documents in question being in the OP...I link some below
The copyrighted images were used infringing on the exclusive rights TPC have to them. That is entirely what the original case is about:Diffense said:Given that the event did not even happen, how will TPC claim it was damaged? I'm guessing it will be all about Pikachu and Snivy images on a poster and a facebook page? How much did that really cost them? I'm pretty sure the entire cost to TPC is the money they paid lawyers to sue the guy.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/276573606/Pokemon-Lawsuit
Note that in the final judgement (I can't get direct scribed links to work here but the documents are embedded in this page) the judge effectively issued a cease and desist* to the defendants (destroy all copies, delete all posts, don't do any more of this stuff or help anyone else with this stuff) and said TPCi could get their legal costs back but no other damages were rewarded to TPCi.
*-Which like many people wonder if that was the result why spend $5400 going to court which you then settle for $4000 (in other words losing $1400) but decide to rescind because bad PR getting yourself the bad PR you claim the settlement gave you in the first place.