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They don't mind as long as you aren't taking money out of their pockets for their current line. They have no control over the secondary market for their older toys like G1 anymore.
One customizer had a run in with the people that own the Naria brand because she customized a pony to look like the white queen...they even had her auction pulled off ebay...That had NOTHING to do with hasbro at all it was the family heirs to the Naria branding it was really strange...Sorry I can't rememeber who the customizer was in that case...I'm sure someone does though.
Quote from: sunnydaze on May 02, 2012, 09:46:39 AMOne customizer had a run in with the people that own the Naria brand because she customized a pony to look like the white queen...they even had her auction pulled off ebay...That had NOTHING to do with hasbro at all it was the family heirs to the Naria branding it was really strange...Sorry I can't rememeber who the customizer was in that case...I'm sure someone does though.That's because Narnia is now owned by Disney so the family had pretty powerful lawyers at their disposal...
Quote from: lovesbabysquirmy on May 02, 2012, 10:25:21 AMQuote from: sunnydaze on May 02, 2012, 09:46:39 AMOne customizer had a run in with the people that own the Naria brand because she customized a pony to look like the white queen...they even had her auction pulled off ebay...That had NOTHING to do with hasbro at all it was the family heirs to the Naria branding it was really strange...Sorry I can't rememeber who the customizer was in that case...I'm sure someone does though.That's because Narnia is now owned by Disney so the family had pretty powerful lawyers at their disposal... Yeah....Disney is a whole other story for this kind of thing
Quote from: hathorcat on May 02, 2012, 09:12:17 AMQuote from: Sugarminty on May 02, 2012, 08:36:07 AMQuote from: hathorcat on May 02, 2012, 02:59:28 AMSo for a giant corporation like them its probably - is it really worth chasing down that one person selling a plushie or two of Rainbow Dash on ebay in the grander scheme of marketing their brand to little girls? Probably not. they actually DID it once, with the customs and custom packages Aikarin made and displayed on her website. They did not fetch $1000+ like the plushies do and still, Aikarin got chased down. Thats whats making me kinda nervous when doing actual hasbro-pony designs on anything.Wasnt Aikarin's problem that she used the MLP branding on her packaging and thats what was at the core of HB's issue...if I remember rightly that was the problem not the customs per se. If she hadnt had the branding then they would probably never have bothered. And I actually understand that...an RD plushie is one thing but to box it up and put MLP and FiM branding on it is a different matter altogether and something HB probably wouldnt be so accepting of. Here is a quote from the original issue Aikarin had "Hasbro is delighted with my interest in ponies, but not in using their name/logo/packaging to sell custom ponies. They said that this constitutes copyright infringement and violations of federal trademark laws." Which it was I guess! Ohhh thats a big NO NO right there!! Because that could cause the false advertizement for her customs and lead people to think they were official Hasbro products and could lead to accusations of scamming by an unknowing market... (Though her ponies are worth every penny, I've seen them) Which could lead up to lawsuits. I think Hasbro maybe went to her to honestly after seeing your post above to protect her from that possible threat. And it is infrindgement too.
Quote from: Sugarminty on May 02, 2012, 08:36:07 AMQuote from: hathorcat on May 02, 2012, 02:59:28 AMSo for a giant corporation like them its probably - is it really worth chasing down that one person selling a plushie or two of Rainbow Dash on ebay in the grander scheme of marketing their brand to little girls? Probably not. they actually DID it once, with the customs and custom packages Aikarin made and displayed on her website. They did not fetch $1000+ like the plushies do and still, Aikarin got chased down. Thats whats making me kinda nervous when doing actual hasbro-pony designs on anything.Wasnt Aikarin's problem that she used the MLP branding on her packaging and thats what was at the core of HB's issue...if I remember rightly that was the problem not the customs per se. If she hadnt had the branding then they would probably never have bothered. And I actually understand that...an RD plushie is one thing but to box it up and put MLP and FiM branding on it is a different matter altogether and something HB probably wouldnt be so accepting of. Here is a quote from the original issue Aikarin had "Hasbro is delighted with my interest in ponies, but not in using their name/logo/packaging to sell custom ponies. They said that this constitutes copyright infringement and violations of federal trademark laws." Which it was I guess!
Quote from: hathorcat on May 02, 2012, 02:59:28 AMSo for a giant corporation like them its probably - is it really worth chasing down that one person selling a plushie or two of Rainbow Dash on ebay in the grander scheme of marketing their brand to little girls? Probably not. they actually DID it once, with the customs and custom packages Aikarin made and displayed on her website. They did not fetch $1000+ like the plushies do and still, Aikarin got chased down. Thats whats making me kinda nervous when doing actual hasbro-pony designs on anything.
So for a giant corporation like them its probably - is it really worth chasing down that one person selling a plushie or two of Rainbow Dash on ebay in the grander scheme of marketing their brand to little girls? Probably not.
Quote from: hikari_amaya on May 02, 2012, 09:20:18 AMQuote from: hathorcat on May 02, 2012, 09:12:17 AMQuote from: Sugarminty on May 02, 2012, 08:36:07 AMQuote from: hathorcat on May 02, 2012, 02:59:28 AMSo for a giant corporation like them its probably - is it really worth chasing down that one person selling a plushie or two of Rainbow Dash on ebay in the grander scheme of marketing their brand to little girls? Probably not. they actually DID it once, with the customs and custom packages Aikarin made and displayed on her website. They did not fetch $1000+ like the plushies do and still, Aikarin got chased down. Thats whats making me kinda nervous when doing actual hasbro-pony designs on anything.Wasnt Aikarin's problem that she used the MLP branding on her packaging and thats what was at the core of HB's issue...if I remember rightly that was the problem not the customs per se. If she hadnt had the branding then they would probably never have bothered. And I actually understand that...an RD plushie is one thing but to box it up and put MLP and FiM branding on it is a different matter altogether and something HB probably wouldnt be so accepting of. Here is a quote from the original issue Aikarin had "Hasbro is delighted with my interest in ponies, but not in using their name/logo/packaging to sell custom ponies. They said that this constitutes copyright infringement and violations of federal trademark laws." Which it was I guess! Ohhh thats a big NO NO right there!! Because that could cause the false advertizement for her customs and lead people to think they were official Hasbro products and could lead to accusations of scamming by an unknowing market... (Though her ponies are worth every penny, I've seen them) Which could lead up to lawsuits. I think Hasbro maybe went to her to honestly after seeing your post above to protect her from that possible threat. And it is infrindgement too.hm thats might be the point. Well I only remember her having issues with the customs she sold. They all got removed from her page too, where she did not have any boxes pictured. Well better safe than sorry I think, I myself wont ever sell a hasbro-inspired custom on ebay or so