Nintendo closed a Kickstarter campaign that was clearly trying to enjoy the recent success of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The campaign in question was the "Travel Holder for Passport New Adventures" and has been described as "a pretty animal passport cover for your new adventures crossing the horizons!"
The campaign had a target of £ 1,000, which was quickly erased. According to the information gathered, at the closure of the campaign, the campaign reached £ 34 000 in financial support. You can see the conceptions of the passport holder below, which have a striking resemblance with the bargaining official of animals and logos.
After being removed, the Kickstarter page now reads as follows: "The new adventure passport travel support is the subject of an intellectual property dispute and is currently not available. If you are interested in this project, please come back later. Thank you for your patience. If you support this project, you can always log in to manage your commitment. »
You can also find a DMCA online complaint that describes the situation. "The reported campaign displays images of the Nintendo Copyright Characters and Images protected as part of the creation of products that make an unauthorized use of Nintendo animal crosing characters and images, All in violation of the rights of Nintendo, "says the claim.
DMCA complaint by Nintendo of America Inc. for New Adventures Passport Travel Support
Nintendo is well known for being a very protective company of its IP addresses, and rightly. He recently prompted Sony to slaughter mario models on their creative game Rêves.Nintendo closed a Kickstarter campaignn that was clearly trying to enjoy the recent success of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The campaign in question was the "Travel Holder for Passport New Adventures" and has been described as "a pretty animal passport cover for your new adventures crossing the horizons!"
The campaign had a target of £ 1,000, which was quickly erased. According to the information gathered, at the closure of the campaign, the campaign reached £ 34 000 in financial support. You can see the conceptions of the passport holder below, which have a striking resemblance with the bargaining official of animals and logos.
After being removed, the Kickstarter page now reads as follows: "The new adventure passport travel support is the subject of an intellectual property dispute and is currently not available. If you are interested in this project, please come back later. Thank you for your patience. If you support this project, you can always log in to manage your commitment. »
You can also find a DMCA online complaint that describes the situation. "The reported campaign displays images of the Nintendo Copyright Characters and Images protected as part of the creation of products that make an unauthorized use of Nintendo animal crosing characters and images, All in violation of the rights of Nintendo, "says the claim.
DMCA complaint by Nintendo of America Inc. for New Adventures Passport Travel Support
Nintendo is well known for being a very protective company of its IP addresses, and rightly. He recently prompted Sony to slaughter mario models on their creative game Rêves.