Tom Nook Sawyer
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The Pokemon Company has shut down the Pokemon Reorchestrated project. According to Kotaku:
From the creator's Twitter:
Pretty unfortunate. More here: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/02/the-pokemon-company-just-killed-another-great-pokemon-fan-project/
Despite getting the approval of the original publishers for Kanto Symphony — a requirement before the music can be listed on services like iTunes, where the album is still available for $16.99 — that didn’t stop someone from The Pokemon Company from filing two takedown notices to have the videos deleted.
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Fast forward a week to another takedown notice from The Pokemon Company. The strikes had tallied up and, despite Burks saying that the corporation had not issued any reasons or pinpointed what part of the offending material was copyrighted, that was enough for YouTube to take down the channel entirely.
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The YouTube takedown hasn’t affected the music’s availability on other platforms and he added that the music was “100% legally licensed”. “Not knowing what I did wrong — having my licensed music removed from YouTube without an explanation — left me feeling disheartened and disillusioned by a company that’s currently celebrating the 20th anniversary of the original Pokemon games.”
From the creator's Twitter:
PKMN Reorchestrated @pkmnreorch
So @Kamex_55 raised a good point: that the removal of Kanto Symphony might be part of a larger crackdown on fan content. I really hope not.
PKMN Reorchestrated @pkmnreorch
In all honesty, it's things like this that make me want to never produce video game covers again.
PKMN Reorchestrated @pkmnreorch
At the same time, I love video game music, and Pokémon, far too much to let go of that.
Pretty unfortunate. More here: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/02/the-pokemon-company-just-killed-another-great-pokemon-fan-project/