Former Pokémon lawyer explains how he tracked down a young leaker by calling his mom: "Absolutely baked my legend in at Pokémon for like 5 years"
That day, Don McGowan was the very best, like no one ever was
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Don McGowan used to be the general counsel at Destiny studio andSonysubsidiaryBungie, but before that he was The Pokémon Company’s chief legal officer for more than 10 years. McGowan gave an insightful interview toBloombergin which he shared some of his experiences chasing down leakers for major video game companies.
My favorite story he shared was about a child leaker named Andrew, who seemingly innocently strayed from the light under the internet’s shadow before a conversation between McGowan and his mom struck the fear of Nintendo’s legal team into his heart.
“Back when I was at Pokémon, some kid figured out how to extract the images from the card game,” McGowan recalled. “He found an icon from the developer and said ‘Holy s***, I found a new Pokémon.’ This kid included his email, and because of the …
