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A Broke Fan Owes $5,400 For Pokemon-Themed Party Posters

Posted by timothy on from the clueless-managers dept.

Jason Koebler writes: A fan has been ordered by a Washington judge to pay the Pokémon Company International $5,400 for copyright infringement after attempting to throw a Pokemon-themed party earlier this summer. Even though he canceled the free event, the Pokemon Company successfully sued Ramar Larkin Jones, for using an image of Pikachu to promote the Unofficial PAX Pokemon Kickoff Party.

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  1. Business by darkain · · Score: 5, Informative

    The big piece of information that always gets neglected in these articles is that they didn't sue because he was throwing a party, but because he runs a business which hosts party events and then used Pokémon to promote such an event. Here is the company's trashy Facebook page. "Fans" and "Businesses" are NOT the same thing. https://www.facebook.com/Rucku...

  2. Re:If that's how Pokemon Int'l treats its fans... by Gryle · · Score: 5, Informative

    According to ArsTechnica, tickets were $2.00 each and covered the expenses. This wasn't a for-profit endeavor. Now, as Jones is an event organizer, he may have been using this party as something to add to his resume.

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