HeWhoWatches, since you link to a global site, I don't know if you're US-based or not, but the current United States legal system has a slight problem (which has been brewing for a while now)- it's extremely sue-happy. That's made CG artists extremely gun-shy where lawsuits and Intellectual Property issues are concerned. It's not being -successfully- sued that's the problem, it's being sued at all. Lawyers and court cases are -expensive-, so much so that they can practically bankrupt individuals and small companies; and even if the first round of court cases doesn't, large companies can just keep suing until the small companies give up or do go bankrupt. In fact, there are certain companies who's sole business model is to take out patents on broad processes, then proceed to extort money out of smaller businesses by threatening them with legal action for "patent violation"; since the small companies can't afford to defend themselves in court, they pretty much have to pay. There's one company that's patented "a business method for selling product over the phone lines with a video monitor and terminal"- which covers basically all web-based transactions. Ridiculous! Sounds pretty disgusting, doesn't it? Worse still, since many politicians are lawyers, it's extremely difficult to reform the legal system- bills to do so frequently get shot down. The end result is a fear of getting sued over "fair use" and "intellectual property" which may seem irrational- even satire and parody isn't immune. Web-based comic artists usually pull the offending material at the first "Cease-and-Decist" order they receive, rather than risk going to court over their supposedly legally protected right to parody. It's the ones with the money that usually win in court. Given that, is it any wonder why we're so concerned about copyright issues around here?