>>28955034No, shitty sites with low fanbases put this up as clickbait to gain viewers. Pokemon won't go after them because they know the leak is less likely to reach the masses that way. Sites like Serebii and Pokebeach have yet to put them up because they will get a C&D order due to their larger viewers.
Look at what happened during BW release. Smaller sites were ignored for leaking data and sprites, but Serebii, Pokebeach, and Bulbapedia were all hit with C&D orders to not report on BW leaks. Joe has every right to be scared since he's been hit with a C&D before.
"Upon the release of Pokémon Black and White, PokéBeach was the first of three Pokémon fansites to receive a cease and desist order from Nintendo for posting images of Pokémon Black and White while covering the games. The incident received media coverage on larger gaming websites, some of whom questioned Nintendo's actions and posited that such image use falls under fair use. However, PokéBeach chose not to pursue the matter from a legal perspective due to monetary limitations. Instead, as a joke to protest Nintendo's actions, PokéBeach temporarily changed all pictures from the games to pictures of Ditto, changed their name to "PokerBeach," and put the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld in their website banner with a slogan that said "NO B/W IMAGES FOR YOU!" The issue was quickly resolved thereafter and the website has since gone back to using the name PokéBeach."
