Earlier this month, before the game’s release, leaked images of Pokémon Sword & Shield starting turning up online. That’s pretty normal for a big video game, but The Pokémon Company are taking the matter very seriously, so seriously that they’re asking a court if they can serve subpoenas on 4chan and Discord.
As reported by Forbes, in an attempt to track down and punish those responsible for the leaks, The Pokémon Company hired “outside forensic experts”, who were able to identify four Discord users, one of whom was the actual source, the other three helping them disseminate the images on places like 4chan and Reddit.
While their Discord usernames have been discovered, The Pokémon Company doesn’t know who these people actually are, and so have gone to the US District Court in Seattle in an attempt to get hold of information from Discord and 4chan that could help in tracking them down.
The leaked images in question, of which there were around a dozen, were photographs taken of the game’s strategy guide. Imagine being some kid on 4chan, and you see some images of a game you’re excited bout, and you post them on Reddit, and three weeks later The Pokémon Company is trying to serve you a subpoena.
As reported by Forbes, in an attempt to track down and punish those responsible for the leaks, The Pokémon Company hired “outside forensic experts”, who were able to identify four Discord users, one of whom was the actual source, the other three helping them disseminate the images on places like 4chan and Reddit.
While their Discord usernames have been discovered, The Pokémon Company doesn’t know who these people actually are, and so have gone to the US District Court in Seattle in an attempt to get hold of information from Discord and 4chan that could help in tracking them down.
The leaked images in question, of which there were around a dozen, were photographs taken of the game’s strategy guide. Imagine being some kid on 4chan, and you see some images of a game you’re excited bout, and you post them on Reddit, and three weeks later The Pokémon Company is trying to serve you a subpoena.