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kotomikun
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 Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:45 am
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Wait, what? So they shut down this thing that kinda looks like Bulbasaur, but ignore the metric tons of fanart and gym badges and other explicitly Pokemon-based things sold at conventions and on Etsy and so on? That makes no sense.
Unless this is a bootleg of a specific item, i.e. there's an official-merch Bulbasaur pot that looks exactly like that, I'm more inclined to believe the artist is getting phished or something.
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rizuchan
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Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 6:01 am
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It kinda surprises me that out of all of the bootleg/fanmade Pokemon merchandise, Pokemon International goes after this one. They have some weird idea of selling pokemon-shaped planters in the future? Or is this the start of a crackdown on unofficial merchandise?
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pauladls
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Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 9:17 am
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Polycell
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Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 9:53 am
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| kotomikun wrote: | | Wait, what? So they shut down this thing that kinda looks like Bulbasaur, but ignore the metric tons of fanart and gym badges and other explicitly Pokemon-based things sold at conventions and on Etsy and so on? That makes no sense. |
Japanese rightsholders do that all the time. Once you're outside of a convention, though, you're wandering around the firing range.
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EnigmaticSky
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Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:57 pm
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| bastek66 wrote: | | American copyrights are cancer. |
After studying them extensively in college I can't help but second this.
Obtuse, convoluted babbling for money grubbing purposes. Needed, but horribly managed. |
This is true, but the creator was clearly trying to make a bulbasaur potted plant.
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enurtsol
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 12:50 am
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Because 3D printers are still obscenely expensive. |
No, no they're not. 
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sepherest
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:56 pm
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| kotomikun wrote: | | Wait, what? So they shut down this thing that kinda looks like Bulbasaur, but ignore the metric tons of fanart and gym badges and other explicitly Pokemon-based things sold at conventions and on Etsy and so on? That makes no sense.
Unless this is a bootleg of a specific item, i.e. there's an official-merch Bulbasaur pot that looks exactly like that, I'm more inclined to believe the artist is getting phished or something. |
Nintendo's probably got some employees that are mad they didn't think of this first.
Personally I think it's too bad that it happened because it's a very cute and original idea for something fan-made. Maybe if they just sold them at conventions it'd be okay, like how at the summer and winter Wonfes there are people who sell multiples of unofficial figures they produce.
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ParaChomp
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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 8:31 pm
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| Zac wrote: | | This was bootleg merchandise full stop and nobody should be surprised or upset by it getting shut down. |
Understandable but this happens with many other franchises. Why aren't they being shut down for using a character's likeness? Then again, Nintendo's picky with their products, just look at their stance on video game streaming and region locking.
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Sariachan
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 11:33 am
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I think the problem here is that a 3D print can be mass produced...
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