I just don't get the corporate mind. Yes, of course, DCP is well within its legal rights to go after anyone and anything that it considers an "infringement" upon its material. But, for crying out loud, get the stick out of the patoot. These were fans that were creatively giving another tribute to the company and its work and wasn't making a penny of money from it. This is something called free publicity. It not only keeps current and long-time fans interested (and thus making them want to go out and buy more DCP products) but opens the market up to possible first-timers who will then check out the "real thing" and purchase DCP stuff and at no cost whatsoever to the business. And whatever happened to "imitation is the highest form of flattery?" Exactly what is in the heads of the DCP heads? If you want to keep and gain customers, treat them right; if you want to lose them, treat them like criminals. Does DCP have a full-time member on its staff that does nothing but google "Dark Shadows" all day long looking for stuff so it can go after them with threats?
Gerard