> You dont see the studios contacting these fancel
> artists do you?  No.

Actualy it already happened a couple of times.

Also, if a lawyer was offering to sue the so
called artist in exchange of a % of what would
be gained, many companies would accept. In fact,
there is companies whose only job is to look for
copyright violation and offer to enforce the
copyright's holder rights in exchange of a part
of the gain...

> the stupid thing, why should I have to be 
> paranoid and snap at everyone else who wants to 
> enjoy it too? 

Because someone, at one time, may try to sell the
forgery to an unsuspecting person as if it was an 
original ?

Because if you want to sell your original and 
there is a couple copies around, you may have more 
problems persuading buyers that yours is the 
original...

Cheers,
Yann Stettler