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Let’s be honest: it can be really tricky bringing humor to a tough situation like this. It was a massive deal to the brony fandom, but we do understand that there are complex factors which must be taken into account when it comes to running a business as large as Hasbro. To be honest, it was the nicest and most apologetic cease and desist letter I’ve read (and I’ve read a particularly harsh one from a gaming company to a brony). We don’t like it, but they let jananimations keep the bronies documentary song and Don’t Mine at Night, so that’s a start. Anyways, enjoy the comic! ~Boardgamebrony
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What reputation would that be? Like @Background Pony #B281 says, most people raging at Hasbro about this already hated them.
Furthermore, these people also ignore the fact that Hasbro’s legal department is fairly independent and as far as they’re concerned, their job is to protect Hasbro’s trademarks. Period. It’s not like they’ll check with, say, the division in charge of making Transformers or My Little Pony before acting.
From what I can tell, most of the people who are raging against Hasbro over the C&Ds already hated Hasbro anyway for meddling with the series, putting out crappy toys, or just being a billion-dollar corporation.
And they damage their reputation and waste the goodwill of their customers and fans.
This is true. If Hasbro does nothing, someone could make something and claim it’s tacitly approved by Hasbro because they didn’t do anything about it. This way, Hasbro displays that it will protect its trademark, but is willing to reconsider and back off once it’s clear whatever drew the legal department’s attention isn’t actually a threat.
also take in fact copyright its kind of like 200 years behind, there are some really inpractical laws in it (like the one that got button erased) but since nobody bothers to change them they still got to suffer trough them.
hasbro probly didint wanted this, but the law is the law, and even the most honest of lawyers would have to do it.
people seem to think hasbro is 1 big hivemind.
listen, i bet most of hasbro actually like the fanbase and got no much problems with it, its their legal deparment that did this, which is kind of independant in though of the rest of hasbro, since its probably filled with those lawyers with a happy trigger finger, ready to take all lawsuits to make good money.
On a serious not WTF Hasbro, this is the kind of stuff we’d expect Crapcom to do
That’s not how trademark works. You know all those fanfictions where the author includes disclaimers? Yeah, doesn’t matter, the company in question can still demand they get taken down. Because if they don’t, people might get to thinking it’s being approved.
Give the artist permission? Out of the goodness of their hearts? Hasbro is a company. Its main function is making money.
No they couldn’t. That would be even worse for them
Look at the description on his deviantART. He really loves himself. He even has his own fanclub with him as it’s founder. He’s ridiculous.