Question: Can you get banned or infracted for:

[Mew~]

Sharing episode links for the anime through PM? I havent done it but I was gonna... I wanna see if its okay first :\

 

[Nick]

2) Do not ask for websites to watch full episodes online. Do not provide links either. (4-Point Infraction)

Yep, you get a four point infraction according to the Pokemon TV Show and Movies forum rules. Thank goodness you decided to check first!
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[FreakyLocz14]

What if the episode was from a legal source like Pokemon.com or another site that charges a fee or uses advertising?

 

[Zet]

Yep, you get a four point infraction according to the Pokemon TV Show and Movies forum rules. Thank goodness you decided to check first!
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Would that include a site like Crunchyroll? Considering that they get licenses to air Japanese shows(cartoons and dramas), or would it still break the rules?

 

[Peeky Chew]

This is against the rules? I never knew.
Well it's good I have thousands of VMs so it's impossible to find the link ;)

And Crunchyroll don't show Pokemon, but I was on the wikipedia article the other day and it's all completely legal. There'd be no reason to infract someone for linking it.

 

[Peeky Chew]

I have reason to believe you aren't applying a wikipedia article in the correct context here. In fact, you'd be practically dead wrong.

I've probably read this completely wrong, but are you saying Crunchyroll is not legal?

 

[Vernikova]

I want to note that this also expands to sites that allow you to download episodes and music since those are loopholes that I have to correct. It's also an automatic infraction so don't expect a warning if you break it.

 

[Timbjerr]

This seems a little harsh imo. Anyone can do a YouTube search and find an episode of Pokemon, albeit spliced into three videos, but still...

 

[Vernikova]

This seems a little harsh imo. Anyone can do a YouTube search and find an episode of Pokemon, albeit spliced into three videos, but still...

Most people do that anyway. The point is that it's considered illegal and should be dealt with harshly in my opinion.

 

[Mew~]

Yep, you get a four point infraction according to the Pokemon TV Show and Movies forum rules. Thank goodness you decided to check first!
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Sorry I ment to write PM, I forgot... i have checked that already =P

 

[shot571]

I reckon pm is alrite since its private they cant really tell. But to tell you the truth my 4 year old brother who cant read found out a website to watch pokemon so its not really that hard but yh i reckon pm is ok.

 

[donavannj]

Technically, I'd presume a PM is not okay, since it's a part of the site, and linking to such sites is a legal gray area to begin with.

 

[Mew~]

^ Thanks guys! They arn't really streams because I download all of em, but yeah... thanks! I guess I won't though! I'll use youtube PM's =P

 

[califf]

Yep, you get a four point infraction according to the Pokemon TV Show and Movies forum rules. Thank goodness you decided to check first!
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But why,

It means if you have a good site to watch movie or full episodes of Pokemon but you're not allowed to share it with any buddy, otherwise your post will be infracted.
Hmmmmmmm. That's not right.
I think moderator of this community have to review all links, before infracting that particular post, which contain links to watch or download.

 

[Cherrim]

If you have a good site to watch a movie or full episodes of Pokémon, you are illegally watching those movies and episodes unless you're on the official Pokémon website (which does stream some anime). If you want to share that with your friends, you'll have to email them or find some other way to contact them that is, preferably, off of PC. :( We don't want to deal with any possible legal backlash from the Pokémon Company just because some members want to link to illegal materials. (We have the same policy for ROMs and warez, you'll notice.)

I get the sentiment and you want to be helpful but it's still not allowed here.