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Originally Posted by RyanShort1
I dunno Airdave. I think we need to roll this back to the 1950s when people weren't upset at free marketing. I don't want to play the lawyers game.
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They view it through the lens of copyright protection, not free marketing. At least in the U.S., once you've copyrighted or trademarked something, you are more or less obligated to challenge ALL violations, big and small.
Say I hold a copyright and Person A violates it. I don't go after him/her. Then Person B violates it and I sue. Person B walks into court and shows that I failed to defend the copyright when Person A violated it. Person B makes the argument that I am singling them out since I let Person A get away with it. And the court sides with Person B. I have seen it happen.