Pokémon Company has entered to ask the fans to stop harassing Pokémon TCG Pocket An artist entangled in a scandal of plagiarism.
It was a long week for people from Pokémon Company, who dealt with the falling of very public plagiarism. It all started when the wisdom of SEA and Sky card projects was analyzed and examined online at the beginning of this week, Pairing a broader discussion on the legal conditions of Pokémon for Fanartwhich seem to suggest that the company could, if he wants, do everything he likes to be designed by fans. A day later, Pokémon pulled out a project of the up-to-date Pokémon TCG trading card.
“After an internal review, we discovered that the card production team provided Illustrator with incorrect materials as official documents commissioned to create these cards,” he said. “As a result, both cards have been replaced with a temporary substitute symbol that the team is actively working on replacing new works of art as soon as they are ready.”
Despite the claim that TPC said that she realized the “criticism” of the illustrator and called fans to refrain from attacking or interested in the artist, once again insisting internally.
“As for the previously announced problem with the illustrations of Ho-oh ex (3-star) and Lugia Ex (3-star)-it was noted that criticism is the circulation of the online card illustrator”-we read statement Posted on Twitter/X, as translated Machine.
“Illustrative errors were caused by the Pokémon Company and Creatures Inc production teams, which provided the illustrator as official documents, and we intend to take full responsibility for it.”
As automaton explains, The Pokémon Commission Art in one of the two ways: inviting illustrators to provide a direct contribution to the project, or giving them reference materials they must follow. In this case, it was the latter, so all the illustrator consisted in the fact that it was delivered.
Talking to IGN this week, a legal expert in the video industry Richard Hoeg, the host of the Virtual Legality podcast, said that the legal conditions of Pokémon in the Fan Art Fan as a confirmation that fans would create their own Pokémon art-but finally from a legal point of view, all projects are publicly resolved, they are subject to the ownership of Pokémon.
“He effectively says:” Look, we (TPC/Nintendo) We are legally the only ones that will allow derivatives to perform (including the art of fans), but we all know that you will do it “, Hoeg said about the conditions,” So if so, what is the head, we can apply it unique, we can apply them without otherwise paying you (because it starts to start). “
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