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Dorian Pavus · Posted 03-18-2015, 09:16 PM

If he had the money to fight back he would have won the lawsuit, that's the stupid part of all this. The way US copyright law works is that a company has to actively guard their copyright or they lose it.

Like how an MLP fan made a "Fighting is Magic" game that one time and Hasbro sent the maker a DMCA letter telling them to "stop or we'll sue you". Despite it being a free game that drove interest to the source material, Hasbro HAD to protect the My Little Pony brand or they would have lost the copyright.

Gaia is doing the same thing here, BUT since Tektek had been going for so long without Gaia doing anything he could have fought it.

		#494	Dorian Pavus Necromancer
If he had the money to fight back he would have won the lawsuit, that's the stupid part of all this. The way US copyright law works is that a company has to actively guard their copyright or they lose it. Like how an MLP fan made a "Fighting is Magic" game that one time and Hasbro sent the maker a DMCA letter telling them to "stop or we'll sue you". Despite it being a free game that drove interest to the source material, Hasbro HAD to protect the My Little Pony brand or they would have lost the copyright. Gaia is doing the same thing here, BUT since Tektek had been going for so long without Gaia doing anything he could have fought it. "Selfish, I suppose. Not to want to spend my entire life screaming on the inside."
	Posted 03-18-2015, 09:16 PM