What this is
How many copyright takedown notices on GitHub naming Pokémon came from the rights holders, 2016 to May 2026: six. Two came from TPCi (2016 and 2017) and four from Nintendo (three in 2018, one in 2020); none after 2020.
How it’s built
- All 22,490 files in GitHub's public archive of takedown notices were listed, and every file from 2016 onward searched for Pokémon.
- The sender of each match was read from the notice; two notices from third parties protecting their own code were left out.
What we assumed
Nothing. The figure is used as published.
Sanity check
A recount to November 2026 found the same six and still none from the rights holders after 2020.
Where it comes from
Our calculation from other figures in the trainer’s notes.
Show the working
- filename census of github/dmca (22,490 files) then full-text checkout and grep for Pok.{1,3}mon in all 2016-2026 files
- senders read from notice text
- third-party owner notices (2017 PokemonVortex, 2025 pokemonbot, both rightsholders of their own code) excluded
Related figures
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