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An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat and uses a bullwhip

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ionwake ◴[04 Apr 25 07:49 UTC] No.43579391[source]▶
Not sure if anyone is interested in this story, but I remember at the height of the PokemonGo craze I noticed there were no shirts for the different factions in the game, cant rememebr what they were called but something like Teamread or something. I setup an online shop to just to sell a red shirt with the word on it. The next day my whole shop was taken offline for potential copyright infringement.

What I found surprising is I didnt even have one sale. Somehow someone had notified Nintendo AND my shop had been taken down, to sell merch that didn't even exist for the market and if I remember correctly - also it didnt even have any imagery on it or anything trademarkable - even if it was clearly meant for pokmeonGo fans.

Im not bitter I just found it interesting how quick and ruthless they were. Like bros I didn't even get a chance to make a sale. ( yes and also I dont think I infringed anything).

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lukan ◴[04 Apr 25 08:00 UTC] No.43579441[source]▶
How was your shop taken down?

Usually there are lawyers letters involved first?

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1. Cthulhu_ ◴[04 Apr 25 12:49 UTC] No.43581519[source]▶
Sure, from the suing party who sent a DMCA takedown request to your webhost, who forward it to you and give you 24 hours before they take it down. Nobody wants to actually go to court over this stuff because of how expensive it is.