The Protomen - Cease and Desist letter

[Crad]

Capcom issues a cease and desist to The Protomen recently, forcing them to cancel their concerts.

http://www.gonintendo.com/content/uploads/images/misc/pro.jpg

Major bummer for fans of the band. Luckily it sounds like they plan to fight it.

Oh Capcom, how else will you destroy your franchise today?

[Jedah]

This is a travesty. They are/were actually a good band. This makes me support Capcom even less.

[Crad]

This makes me glad that Clover split from them, and merged with Platinum Games.

Seriously, publishers should realize that cutting off fan-projects harms their franchises more than it helps them.

[rei]

Open and shut case, the Protomen could be considered parody and thus constitutes fair use. End of case, Good guys win, bad guys lose and as always, england prevails

[Patch is Dead]

Definitely a bummer. I certainly hope rei is right in the matter. I enjoyed their music and hope to see that they continue.

[rei]

Old news by now, but this was a sham
http://www.protomen.com/news/

[Crad]

That's a huge relief :) I had the pleasure of going to one of their concerts last year at the Biltmore.