What this is
Who sent the six rights-holder Pokémon takedown notices on GitHub, and against what: TPCi sent 2 (33%), both against fan tools using character images; Nintendo sent 4 (67%), two against game emulator sites and two against copies of a fan-game engine.
How it’s built
- Each of the six notices was read and coded by sender and by what it targeted; all were fetched again and checked word for word.
What we assumed
- The fan-game engine is counted as its own type.Pokémon Essentials is a kit for making fan games, which is a judgement call between 'fan tool' and 'fan game'.
Sanity check
TPCi's notices are from 2016 and 2017, around Pokémon GO's launch; Nintendo's are from 2018 and 2020.
Where it comes from
Our calculation from other figures in the trainer’s notes:
- FiledHow many copyright takedown notices on GitHub naming Pokémon came from the rights holders, 2016 to May 2026
- FiledWho sent the 2016 Pokémon takedown notice to GitHub
- FiledDMCA notice Pokémon works named and target type, 7 March 2016
- FiledDMCA notice Pokémon works named and target type, 8 April 2020
Show the working
- derived from.. and census
- target type coded by reconciler from notice text