Hasbro is going after a pony plushie maker on DA

[Prince Primbrose]

It's sad that this artist got a slap on the wrist, but I understand Hasbro's stance, and she could have got off a lot worse. I'm going to keep my mouth shut on all the legal talk, as I am no expert there... But I have to say: When you're making hundreds, even thousands of dollars (per piece) off of a big company's characters and designs... Of course you're going to be told to stop. It sucks for the plushie maker- but it's not like Hasbro has swooped in to take away her fabric and sewing materials. She can still produce and sell under the radar. :/

[xkappax]

Hiring her is definitely a good idea which I hope they do in the end (probably won't though) but Hasbro also does have the right to go after her like they did.

It's probably cheaper for them just to pretend to be a customer, buy one of her plushies, dissect it for the pattern, and send it to china so they can reproduce it for five cents a day.

[aellos]

Eh makes sense really. It's sad, and does suck, but it makes sense. It is their property.

[Sora]

If I'm honest, I can understand where Hasbro are coming from on this occasion.

Normally, I'd side with the custom artist, but when you're making such a huge profit off a character that doesn't belong to you... Well, like others have said, it's only a matter of time. Her plushies are indeed amazing, but the characters still belong to Hasbro. It sucks but... That's the bottom line.

[Wardah]

The reason they left alone the people selling plushies at the Fair is that the majority were based on G1 characters, who they care very little about since they lost the trademarks.

[hyenacub]

Well I guess it's time I said my two cents here lol

First and foremost, her plushies make me sick, they're that good.   LOL  That woman's got talent!

Secondly...Kudos to Hasbro for defending their copyright WITHOUT being total jerks about it.  So many companies are a-holes about this sort of thing.

Thirdly...I understand Hasbro's stance and agree with it.  I hope the plushie seller finds different ways to sell her amazing art that won't infringe on current copyright.  Maybe G1s or custom styles.  C: C: 

[ZOMBIESohnoes]

Even as an artist I side with Hasbro. If someone were making bank off of my work I'd be all over it in a heartbeat.


She is not a small time plushie maker that's putting these on ebay once in a while for some extra spending money, she is making a living off of Hasbro's characters. She's doing what she can to get more exposure for her auctions (internet radio, other sites, DA). Normally this would be a smart business move but not when you have zero rights to any of the characters and you are making that much money from them. This is why she is being targeted and why I am on Hasbro's side in this case.


If Hasbro was going after someone that made 3 in the last year I'd have a different opinion. But they didn't, Hasbro only stepped in when someone took it too far.

[Opalescence]

As someone pointed out in the thread dedicated to discussing her situation, she could simply move to OCs.
That's what plushie makers have been doing for ages until G4 came around, right?

[Koudoawaia]

Doing OCs would be a great alternative. Hope she goes for that route.

[Dragonflitter]

Secondly...Kudos to Hasbro for defending their copyright WITHOUT being total jerks about it.  So many companies are a-holes about this sort of thing.

THIS!!!

[Clementine]

Hiring her is definitely a good idea which I hope they do in the end (probably won't though) but Hasbro also does have the right to go after her like they did.

It's probably cheaper for them just to pretend to be a customer, buy one of her plushies, dissect it for the pattern, and send it to china so they can reproduce it for five cents a day.

I highly doubt a company like Hasbro would do something like that. Looking at it from a similar way though I can see why hasbo might not want "show accurate" plushes being sold by fans, if hasbro were to attempt to improve their own plushes and make them closer to resembling the show than they could be falsely accused of stealing a pattern from one of the plush makers/copying them and it could stir up a lot of bad publicity even if they did infact create their own pattern simply because both hasbro and the fan strived to create something  close to the look of the show. Of course chances are I'm looking in to this to much
Still, I have to say I side with hasbro on this. I would be seriously mad if someone took something I created and started making thousands of dollars of profit from it without so much as asking my permission. Sure hasbro is a large company but does that give them any less right to defend their own characters and creations?

[Betelgeuse]

If Hasbro really cares about people doing this why don't they step up their game and make their own show-accurate, multiple character plushies? instead of going after a few people they should be worrying about boosting their profits.

[Elisto]

Like I said (and others too), maybe they areabout to release plushies...

[RedheadedBeauty]

Her page is gone I guess da deleted it. How sad i wanted to check out her work to see what the fuss was about.

[cobalte]

Her page is gone I guess da deleted it. How sad i wanted to check out her work to see what the fuss was about.

If you click on her gallery her works are still there, I guess just the plush pictures were removed from being featured on her main page.


ETA: Apparently according to her dA page someone did indeed report her to Hasbro. I would take it with a grain of salt, as always with these dramatic issues, but that is what's being said there.