"Elious states that Nintendo of America suddenly issued numerous strikes on large batches of his videos, all in the space of 12 hours, leading to a total of 20 videos caught up in four separate copyright strikes."
"The strikes claim his channel is inappropriately using content used in Pokémon video games including audiovisual works, characters, and imagery, despite his videos consisting of original 3D animation and narration."
"Elious has been producing these videos since 2023 without issue, claiming that the only actual content taken from the games was tiny sprite roars lasting less than three seconds."
"He expresses a willingness to delete all Pokémon videos if Nintendo of America requests it, but wishes to retain his nearly 100,000 subscribers to continue creating other content."
Elious, creator of the Pokémon nature documentary series PokéNational Geographic, is facing deletion of his YouTube channel due to aggressive copyright strikes from Nintendo of America. Within 12 hours, 20 of his videos received strikes, leading to a pending deletion under YouTube's three-strikes policy. The strikes claim inappropriate use of Pokémon content, despite Elious stating that his videos feature original animations and minimal direct content from the games. He launched a Patreon for support, which is currently under review, and expresses a willingness to delete videos if requested by Nintendo.
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