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[Dave247]

Very sad news, WhiteDove, the best MLP plushies maker there is has received word form deviantART that they have received a cease and desist letter from Hasbro.

EDIT: As she took down her journal entry here is the article from EQD explaining the issue in more detail.

Edited by Dave247, 25 May 2012 - 10:28 PM.

[~Chaotic Discord~]

*Cough*

Anyway, that's too bad. Them DA staff, lol. Doesn't surprise me that much.

[Bohtty]

*Cough*
Anyway, that's too bad. Them DA staff, lol. Doesn't surprise me that much.

Shouldnt it be the other way around in that video?

Either way, Hasbro is stupid. They have virtually 0 market in the brony community, but yet they force people to stop. They don't target us at all except for maybe a very few things. I don't think they have any plushies targeted at use either.

Either way, I am not certain that I will never *ever* buy anything Hasbro related.

Edited by Bohtty, 22 May 2012 - 04:58 PM.

[Lily Sapphire]

Maybe this wouldn't be a problem, Hasbro, if you simply MADE pony plushies!

[~Chaotic Discord~]

Shouldnt it be the other way around in that video?

*shrug* Whichever way you want :3

Edited by ~Chaotic Discord~, 22 May 2012 - 05:02 PM.

[NASCARFAN160]

First I was all:



Then I was like:



Now I'm all:



Seriously. What. The. Heck. Hasbro. How could you do that? I...I'm....I'm absolutely speechless (or textless, whatever) at them. I might be going out on a limb here in saying that I'm sure that they were 100 percent OK with everything that all of the bronies were doing like that.

Did I miss something here? Because I thought that was what was truly keeping the brony community and the fandom going, the fact that Hasbro was fine and alright with everypony making their own merch and selling it to the general public. I seriously feel like Hasbro's beginning to troll us here......let's just hope they don't start randomly c&ding even more innocent pony merch sellers out there....

[Apple Bloom]

This isn't as bad as it sounds. They're only making her remove advertising and offers to sell through deviantART. As far as I can tell, she can still sell plushies through her eBay account.

[Dave247]

Spoiler

*Cough*

Anyway, that's too bad. Them DA staff, lol. Doesn't surprise me that much.

Hopefully this is how things will turn out at the end... somehow...

[~Chaotic Discord~]

Hopefully this is how things will turn out at the end... somehow...

I know she has no real control over it, but I still find it ironic that Lauren Faust bought an Lauren Pony plush from him, and now the company is making him stop XD

[Dave247]

This isn't as bad as it sounds. They're only making her remove advertising and offers to sell through deviantART. As far as I can tell, she can still sell plushies through her eBay account.

I was also thinking this but deviantART is where she pretty much hosted her business from and got all the awareness from so I'd think she'd have to go to some other site. Plus she can't do commissions on Ebay.

I know she has no real control over it, but I still find it ironic that Lauren Faust bought an Lauren Pony plush from him, and now the company is making him stop XD

I personally think that if she and other people from the show found out they wouldn't be too happy either and they in my mind are the only ones who at least have a chance to negotiate with Hasbro.

Edited by Dave247, 22 May 2012 - 05:23 PM.

[~Chaotic Discord~]

I personally think that if she and other people from the show found out they wouldn't be too happy either and they in my mind are the only ones who at least have a chance to negotiate with Hasbro.

Quick every-pony, time to go find Lauren and glomp let her know 8P

[NASCARFAN160]

I'm honestly wondering what was going on in their heads at the time...I mean the brony community is exactly WHAT powers their alternative fandom, heck it IS the alternative fandom, and it is one of, if not the biggest and most powerful fanbase of any culture on the Internet.

Hm...maybe it wasn't specifically directed towards the community as a whole.....yeah, screw what I said earlier, it was just probably something personal/legal wrong Hasbro had with that specific account....but wow....just wow, the biggest MLP Plushie seller on the planet....woosh...gone like that....

And here plushies/figurines were one of the biggest subsidiary communities of the bronies.

This isn't as bad as it sounds. They're only making her remove advertising and offers to sell through deviantART. As far as I can tell, she can still sell plushies through her eBay account.

Hm...possible trolling to-be commenced?

[~Chaotic Discord~]

Hm...maybe it wasn't specifically directed towards the community as a whole.....yeah, screw what I said earlier, it was just probably something personal/legal wrong Hasbro had with that specific account....but wow....just wow, the biggest MLP Plushie seller on the planet....woosh...gone like that....

"This one person is making plushies on a rapid scale and doing better than any of our own (sucky) plushies? TO THE MOON! *shuts down operation*"

[NASCARFAN160]

"This one person is making plushies on a rapid scale and doing better than any of our own (sucky) plushies? TO THE MOON! *shuts down operation*"

Eeyup.....that sounds about right...

How funny that Hasbro of all people made the least accurate Celestia figure....I mean, I know the toy shouldn't really be the franchise's biggest succes these days, and they probably don't expect that at this point...but really? I mean, what, did they accidentally throw the original Celestia figure in with a red sock in the washing machine?! -___-

[Eenohay]

Well it is really quite a big copyright infrigment to sell merchandise of a franchise you do not own, although unless Hasbro is planning on releasing their own plushies (and I hope they do), it really didn't affect them at all. Maybe they ARE planning on releasing their own plushies.

[Apple Bloom]

I was also thinking this but deviantART is where she pretty much hosted her business from and got all the awareness from so I'd think she'd have to go to some other site. Plus she can't do commissions on Ebay.

She is known well enough that she doesn't need to advertise through deviantART. Her work is constantly being posted on other sites such as Equestria Daily. In regards to commissions, she can do them through other sites such as tumblr. All is not lost people.

Edited by Apple Bloom, 22 May 2012 - 05:42 PM.

[NASCARFAN160]

She is well known enough that she doesn't need to advertise through deviantART. Her work is constantly being posted on other sites such as Equestria Daily as well. In regards to commissions, she can do them through other sites such as tumblr. All is not lost people.

So, then, the almighty Hasbro has been trolled? O.o

But really, there still actually is a way for her to sell them? I'm....kinda...confused...I Has' lawyers said that her account filed copyright infringement? Doesn't that apply to her, including her other accounts?

[Apple Bloom]

So, then, the almighty Hasbro has been trolled? O.o

But really, there still actually is a way for her to sell them? I'm....kinda...confused...I Has' lawyers said that her account filed copyright infringement? Doesn't that apply to her, including her other accounts?

No, it only applies to deviantART. See here:

The claim targets your use of your deviantART account to produce, advertise and sell plushies of the My Little Pony characters.

She was selling them on eBay and advertising through deviantART. Her eBay account is unaffected so she can still sell them, for now.

Edited by Apple Bloom, 22 May 2012 - 05:47 PM.

[NASCARFAN160]

No, it only applies to deviantART. See here:



She was selling them on eBay and advertising through deviantART. Her eBay account is unaffected so she can still sell them, for now.

Oh, okay....well Hasbro better look out then....I don't know why they'd do such a thing...

She's had so much success for such a long time....were they just that ignorant? And how can you commit copyright infringement by selling plushies anyways? Aren't there like, hundreds of website ps among thousands of indivuals who sell those? :1

[Apple Bloom]

Oh, okay....well Hasbro better look out then....I don't know why they'd do such a thing...

She's had so much success for such a long time....were they just that ignorant? And how can you commit copyright infringement by selling plushies anyways? Aren't there like, hundreds of website ps among thousands of indivuals who sell those? :1

Yes, but she was using the copyrighted names and likenesses of characters in the show. It's the same as when a company makes a cheap knock off of, say an iPod, and blatantly names it "iPod". Sure there are many other plushie makers doing the same thing, but she is the most well known, arguably the best, and is selling them for ridiculously high prices. Unfortunately she became a target.