Reminds me of Square Enix pulling the plug on what was at the time a pretty awesome remix of Chrono Trigger. I really don't understand why any company would choose to piss on the efforts of dedicated fans who only wish to pay tribute to the greatest franchises. It's not like it's diminishing the sales of the game or anything. Quite the contrary, as all the past studies about piracy, fanart and derivatives have clearly shown.
Copyright is, as in many things, a "use it or lose it" kind of situation. Unfortunate, but true. If you don't defend it today from some guy, you can't defend it tomorrow when your corporate competitor starts selling your original game on their digital marketplace.
>Copyright is, as in many things, a "use it or lose it" kind of situation. Unfortunate, but true.
I don't believe this is true to any degree. True for trademarks [1] but not for copyright. The copyright holder is completely within their rights to turn a blind eye to the first 99 infringements and then sue for the 100th.
Can't you just allow a fan site to use your copyrighted stuff with a careful contract, for a ridiculous fee for them? And deny that to corporate leeches?
