Fighting is Magic Receives Cease & Desist from Hasbro

[cloud1414]

Mods I really didnt know where to post this but if I posted this in the wrong place please move it to the right place. I know there are some bronies on the forums and you might already know this but I wanted to share it anyways.

 

As per a note on Mane6's website, the team behind Fighting is Magic- the
in-development, non-profit fighting game based on Friendship is Magic-
has received a cease and desist letter from Hasbro's lawyers.



According to the site's blog post, various legal measures have been
considered and enacted, but for now the team must comply with the order.
As such, production has been shut down indefinitely. A staff member of
Mane6 has also resigned from the project, effective immediately.



You can find the blog post here.



For those interested, Lauren Faust has something to say on the issue.

 

 

Here is a petition if you feel like signing it, it already has over 7,700 over just one night: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/526/847/063/allow-the-continuation-of-the-development-of-mane6s-mlp-fighting-is-magic/

 

Even URA can get shut down by Nintendo if they really really wanted to be dicks about it since the URA staff is using things from the zelda games without Nintendo's written permission. But lets hope that never happens.

 

Source: http://www.equestriadaily.com/2013/02/fighting-is-magic-receives-cease-desist.html

[Mellow]

The response from Lauren Faust on Twitter seems to be a good sign to me, if the team goes along with it. We won't be seeing a MLP Fighter, but we might be seeing something of Faust's property getting a similar game, which in itself makes me a happy camper.

[PocketRock]

If Faust actually collaborates with this project, it might yet have a chance! Thankyou, Lauren!