elizalavelle | (no subject)

I am so unimpressed with Universal's recent crackdown on fan merchandise. If they were selling the same sort of products or ANY products really I'd say they have a case but the things I saw... the fans were not overstepping any bounds, I'd compare their products to official stuff in the same way I'd compare fanfic to actual scripts (good fanfic, but nontheless, clearly not official.) One person is being asked (and I use that term loosely) for almost $9000 in retroactive fees, Black Market Beagles is shutting down just in case (mental note make order tonight) and it's just all kinds of not good.

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WOAH.

$9000????!!! Shit....

Big companies are fuckin retarded.

Yeah and I think they gave this poor woman 72 hours to comply. Where one is to find $9000 in 3 days if they are just an average person is beyond me. I think mostly it's a scare tactic... which unfortuntately works. Many fan sites are shutting down ASAP to avoid a similar fine.