Post by Jeff on Nov 15, 2003 11:51:56 GMT -5
Hey guys,
For anyone who hadn't seen, Hasbro sent a cease and desist letter to the company that hosts the ACT store recently, demanding that the store be shut down for selling shirts with Transformers on them. It seems silly to do such a thing, but they were legally in the right to do so.
Anyway, I was originally concerned that it might go farther than that, but I haven't heard anything from Hasbro in the two weeks since that happened, so it seems safe to say they just didn't want me making a profit off of any of their toys (even if it was $1 per shirt, and most of the toys weren't transformers, but oh well...).
The good news is that ACT looks like it's here to stay.
In the event that anything ever should happen to this site though, I do have a backup direction for the comic that would take all copyrighted Hasbro toys out of the picture, and could change the name of the comic too. If you ever find this site is down for more than a few days, just go to the banner for ACT at any of the voting sites it's listed on (See the "Support ACT" link), and click from there. I'll have those banners reforward to wherever the new, non-copyright infringing site will be located.
This will probably never happen, but if it ever does, just make sure you've bookmarked one of these voting sites in case. I suggest www.onlinecomics.com, because ACT is easy to find there.
For anyone who hadn't seen, Hasbro sent a cease and desist letter to the company that hosts the ACT store recently, demanding that the store be shut down for selling shirts with Transformers on them. It seems silly to do such a thing, but they were legally in the right to do so.
Anyway, I was originally concerned that it might go farther than that, but I haven't heard anything from Hasbro in the two weeks since that happened, so it seems safe to say they just didn't want me making a profit off of any of their toys (even if it was $1 per shirt, and most of the toys weren't transformers, but oh well...).
The good news is that ACT looks like it's here to stay.
In the event that anything ever should happen to this site though, I do have a backup direction for the comic that would take all copyrighted Hasbro toys out of the picture, and could change the name of the comic too. If you ever find this site is down for more than a few days, just go to the banner for ACT at any of the voting sites it's listed on (See the "Support ACT" link), and click from there. I'll have those banners reforward to wherever the new, non-copyright infringing site will be located.
This will probably never happen, but if it ever does, just make sure you've bookmarked one of these voting sites in case. I suggest www.onlinecomics.com, because ACT is easy to find there.