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hasbro can pick and choose their battles ... i think they chose this one as white dove is pretty high profile ... and they may even have been tipped off to white dove's existance by the high profile names attached to FiM BUYING her stuff and bragging about it's sheer awesomeness
QuoteSomeone turned me in. *eye roll* Yeah, someone 'turned you in'... when you take copyrighted characters, make TONS of money off property that is NOT yours, and do so publicly on a site where people run professional businesses selling art.... No one had to 'turn her in', any Hasbro employee can do a search and find plushies for sale!It's about time Hasbro warned these people, I think. It's one thing to be a fan of a show, it's another thing entirely to run a business making hundreds/thousands/whatever of dollars off of property that does not belong to you.Do you see the little (tm) next to characters' names on the MLP toys? Do you think that means nothing?Oh and the people saying "It's okay to steal property because Hasbro won't make plushies, so the fans should be able to make them and sell them"...? If a company made a poor quality product, is it okay for another company to take that exact same product and make it better and sell it to people? NO. That is why copyright and patents exist. Because that is not okay to do in this country. There's no excuse that makes it okay to steal these character images and run a business with them.
Someone turned me in.
It totally makes sense to me. This kind of thing is a big deal. You should not ever make something to copy after a character from a show by a company without permission if you plan to sell it. If you plan to keep it for yourself that is fine, but making money off of merchandise with names and the look of stuff created by a company really is not the right thing to do. Its nice that they send a note and don't just send people to court and fine them lots of money for infringement issues. It could be so much worse so, I am glad that they are willing to go the nice route first. Some companies would see nothing in taking a person to the cleaners for doing this innocently ..not realizing it was wrong. There is a bigger issue here to me and that is not that one is caught and so they have to stop...but the realization that this is a law and the company has every right to protect their line, their names and their characters. Its no different than copying a poem from a book and claiming it as your own. Its really the same thing. It shouldn't be done...not ever..and not just because you get caught..because its against copyright laws.
Quote from: Dragonflitter on May 22, 2012, 04:17:23 PMQuoteSomeone turned me in. *eye roll* Yeah, someone 'turned you in'... when you take copyrighted characters, make TONS of money off property that is NOT yours, and do so publicly on a site where people run professional businesses selling art.... No one had to 'turn her in', any Hasbro employee can do a search and find plushies for sale!It's about time Hasbro warned these people, I think. It's one thing to be a fan of a show, it's another thing entirely to run a business making hundreds/thousands/whatever of dollars off of property that does not belong to you.Do you see the little (tm) next to characters' names on the MLP toys? Do you think that means nothing?Oh and the people saying "It's okay to steal property because Hasbro won't make plushies, so the fans should be able to make them and sell them"...? If a company made a poor quality product, is it okay for another company to take that exact same product and make it better and sell it to people? NO. That is why copyright and patents exist. Because that is not okay to do in this country. There's no excuse that makes it okay to steal these character images and run a business with them.Quote from: tulagirl on May 22, 2012, 04:28:14 PMIt totally makes sense to me. This kind of thing is a big deal. You should not ever make something to copy after a character from a show by a company without permission if you plan to sell it. If you plan to keep it for yourself that is fine, but making money off of merchandise with names and the look of stuff created by a company really is not the right thing to do. Its nice that they send a note and don't just send people to court and fine them lots of money for infringement issues. It could be so much worse so, I am glad that they are willing to go the nice route first. Some companies would see nothing in taking a person to the cleaners for doing this innocently ..not realizing it was wrong. There is a bigger issue here to me and that is not that one is caught and so they have to stop...but the realization that this is a law and the company has every right to protect their line, their names and their characters. Its no different than copying a poem from a book and claiming it as your own. Its really the same thing. It shouldn't be done...not ever..and not just because you get caught..because its against copyright laws. This type of attitude makes me a sad panda. When you start siding with the corporations, you start to lose your soul.
Quote from: Stuntmang on May 22, 2012, 05:42:22 PMQuote from: Dragonflitter on May 22, 2012, 04:17:23 PMQuoteSomeone turned me in. *eye roll* Yeah, someone 'turned you in'... when you take copyrighted characters, make TONS of money off property that is NOT yours, and do so publicly on a site where people run professional businesses selling art.... No one had to 'turn her in', any Hasbro employee can do a search and find plushies for sale!It's about time Hasbro warned these people, I think. It's one thing to be a fan of a show, it's another thing entirely to run a business making hundreds/thousands/whatever of dollars off of property that does not belong to you.Do you see the little (tm) next to characters' names on the MLP toys? Do you think that means nothing?Oh and the people saying "It's okay to steal property because Hasbro won't make plushies, so the fans should be able to make them and sell them"...? If a company made a poor quality product, is it okay for another company to take that exact same product and make it better and sell it to people? NO. That is why copyright and patents exist. Because that is not okay to do in this country. There's no excuse that makes it okay to steal these character images and run a business with them.Quote from: tulagirl on May 22, 2012, 04:28:14 PMIt totally makes sense to me. This kind of thing is a big deal. You should not ever make something to copy after a character from a show by a company without permission if you plan to sell it. If you plan to keep it for yourself that is fine, but making money off of merchandise with names and the look of stuff created by a company really is not the right thing to do. Its nice that they send a note and don't just send people to court and fine them lots of money for infringement issues. It could be so much worse so, I am glad that they are willing to go the nice route first. Some companies would see nothing in taking a person to the cleaners for doing this innocently ..not realizing it was wrong. There is a bigger issue here to me and that is not that one is caught and so they have to stop...but the realization that this is a law and the company has every right to protect their line, their names and their characters. Its no different than copying a poem from a book and claiming it as your own. Its really the same thing. It shouldn't be done...not ever..and not just because you get caught..because its against copyright laws. This type of attitude makes me a sad panda. When you start siding with the corporations, you start to lose your soul. Corporations are made up of real people with souls and feelings and families. This isn't a black and white issue. It isn't US against THEM. Both sides have value, neither side is some evil demon out to make the other side miserable.A company has to protect its assets, an artist has to pay the bills.
This type of attitude makes me a sad panda. When you start siding with the corporations, you start to lose your soul.
Quote from: Stuntmang on May 22, 2012, 05:42:22 PMThis type of attitude makes me a sad panda. When you start siding with the corporations, you start to lose your soul.Yeah, people/companies who wish to protect or keep control of their own creations are so mean. : P
Quote from: Malicieuse on May 22, 2012, 05:53:26 PMQuote from: Stuntmang on May 22, 2012, 05:42:22 PMThis type of attitude makes me a sad panda. When you start siding with the corporations, you start to lose your soul.Yeah, people/companies who wish to protect or keep control of their own creations are so mean. : PAgain, who is losing money from the production of these plushies?