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tagline=Thoughts on TPCi's takedown of mobile apps |
blurb=The Pokémon Company has moved to have Pokémon related apps of all types removed from the Android market, resulting in a backlash from certain segments of the fandom against Nintendo and The Pokémon Company. A good amount of this backlash appears to be based on the attitude that there is a double standard between how apps and fansites are treated. Things aren't quite so clear cut however, and there's a number of underlying issues that need to be considered. }}
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''The following editorial is based largely on the contents of email exchanges between Archaic, Nolan Lawson (the developer of PokéDroid), and Tim Oliver (the developer of iPokédex). Much of this was originally written back when PokéDroid was taken down, though we ended up not posting it because of how long it took me to finish. Now that there's been further developments, with iPokédex having received a notification of an IP claim against them by The Pokémon Company International, we feel that the time is right to get some of these thoughts up and out to the wider fandom.''

If you've been watching the Pokémon fandom news over the past few months, there's a good chance you've heard about how The Pokémon Company has moved to have Pokémon related apps of all types removed from the Android market. As of the last couple of days, we have had confirmation that they have now made moves to remove apps from the iTunes market as well. As you'd probably expect from such an issue, it's resulted in a bit of a backlash from certain segments of the fandom against Nintendo and The Pokémon Company, which I personally feel isn't deserved. Within that backlash, I've noticed a certain common stance, where people assert a feeling that "Nintendo/TPC(i) are applying a double standard with apps. There's plenty of fansites out there which give even more info. They're hypocrites.". However, I feel that this represents a misunderstanding of exactly what is involved here to Nintendo/TPC(i), both in a legal sense and in a marketing sense. With this editorial, I intend to address this stance, to dispel some of the myths and hopefully impart a bit more understanding of the underlying issues at play here.