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[Sensei]

Perhaps... but the pony commemorative coin kickstarter will not be missed.

[SealyStar]

Perhaps... but the pony commemorative coin kickstarter will not be missed.

Yeah. For the most part. I'm sure there's probably some rage if you go to those parts of the internet where the forum's admins allow such things to be discussed (wink wink nudge nudge), but I'm going to assume it's still relatively minor.

[palsch]

As an aside, why do lawyers feel the need to write the names of characters in all caps?

I know certain publishing groups do this for book titles, although I always assumed that was because italics (the better standard) were harder or impossible to do in plaintext/email and on typewriters. I think it depends on the style guides you are taking your cues from. Wouldn't surprise me if a certain style happened to get popular in the IP legal world and just happened to stick.

[penguinofhonor]

I'm definitely not. Hasbro has shut down just about everything that poses even a minor fraction of a threat to copyright.

Aren't there like a thousand pony shirts on WeLoveFine and other stuff? How do those stay up?

[SealyStar]

I'm definitely not. Hasbro has shut down just about everything that poses even a minor fraction of a threat to copyright.

Aren't there like a thousand pony shirts on WeLoveFine and other stuff? How do those stay up?

Those are the official shit.

[MrWiggles]

Why shouldn't Hasbro protect its IP?

[Neonivek]

Why shouldn't Hasbro protect its IP?

Well there is protecting your IP and then there is fighting for absolute control over it even when such things may fall under public domain.

[Sensei]

If you're going to talk about Hasbro being overreaching in their takedowns, please bring up an actual example. My Little Pony isn't old enough or non-merchandise-oriented enough to be public domain at all.

[Karlito]

He probably meant to say fair use or something like that.

[Leafsnail]

Selling merchandise doesn't usually go under fair use, particularly when it's an IP focused almost entirely around selling merchandise

[NobodyPro]

The only way you can justify using an IP like MLP is if your product could exist without it. That is to say, your better off making something original.

[Zangi]

The only way you can justify using an IP like MLP is if your product could exist without it. That is to say, your better off making something original.

tl;dr
Pony fighting game, like street fighter/tekken. Would have been free.  Hasbro did takedown, it was super effective. 
Now, it is going all original.  The head developer(? dunno title) of MLP Season 1, Lauren Faust is doing the character design for them now.... or something like that. 

[Draco18s]

Not to get involved in this debate on one side or the other, but there's protecting your IP (like this case) and then there's protecting your IP by lobbying congress to extend the length of copyrights.  Four times.

[Tellemurius]

As an aside, why do lawyers feel the need to write the names of characters in all caps?

I know certain publishing groups do this for book titles, although I always assumed that was because italics (the better standard) were harder or impossible to do in plaintext/email and on typewriters. I think it depends on the style guides you are taking your cues from. Wouldn't surprise me if a certain style happened to get popular in the IP legal world and just happened to stick.

Its actually considered a industry standard as i know insurance agents put all of their work in as caps.

[Zangi]

As an aside, why do lawyers feel the need to write the names of characters in all caps?

I know certain publishing groups do this for book titles, although I always assumed that was because italics (the better standard) were harder or impossible to do in plaintext/email and on typewriters. I think it depends on the style guides you are taking your cues from. Wouldn't surprise me if a certain style happened to get popular in the IP legal world and just happened to stick.

Its actually considered a industry standard as i know insurance agents put all of their work in as caps.

No having to deal with lowercase shenanigans that trolls will pull, if it was possible.