US EditionPokémon Co. 'Not Involved' in ICE Raid Video with Theme Song
The Pokémon Company said DHS used its theme song and images without permission in a viral video viewed over 72 million times promoting immigration raids.
- Pokémon stated it did not give the Department of Homeland Security permission to use its theme song and animations in a recent video promoting arrests of illegal migrants.
- The Department of Homeland Security featured the Pokémon theme song in a video alongside clips of officers making arrests and created trading cards mimicking Pokémon cards with the mugshots of illegal migrants.
- Podcaster Theo Von criticized the Department of Homeland Security for using his footage in a video promoting deportations and expressed that his views on immigration are more nuanced.
- The Pokémon Company emphasized that it was not involved in the creation or distribution of the DHS video and denied permission for its intellectual property use.
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Pokémon and Theo Von both featured in DHS videos without permission
The official X account of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has been testing out a new social media strategy that no one asked for—as a meme lord. On Monday, a video posted to DHS’s X account used the Pokémon catchphrase “Gotta Catch ’Em All” to compare Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests to hunting the titular creatures. The video ends with mug shots of those arrested by ICE superimposed onto fake Pokémon trading cards, al…
The Japanese company strongly refuted this Friday, September 26th any involvement in the video of the US Department of Homeland Security, which shows arrests of people on the background of music of the cartoon credits.
Pokemon pushes back against ICE deportation video - joining list riled by Trump administration
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The brand "n" never approved the use of its intellectual property" in this US government video that now cumulates 12.4 million views of TikTok.
The Pokémon franchise dissociated itself from a video of the U.S. government that used its slogan "Take them all..." for a campaign of expulsion of illegal migrants
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