I was just looking at Albert's The World’s Most Difficult Constitution to Amend? (published in the California Law Review in 2005, and available in a more convenient form here). This states, at the very beginning of section I:

There have been roughly 12,000 attempts to amend the United States Constitution since its creation 235 years ago ( Read more... )

As reported by Equestria Daily, Jan Animations (creator of, among other things, Button's Adventures, Don't Mine at Night etc.) has received a C&D from Hasbro.

As a result, all the videos have been taken down from Jan's Youtube channel; what's more, there won't be any further episodes of Button's Adventures. ShadyVox (Button's VA) is apparently ( Read more... )

Less than a month ago, I wrote this:

[My Little Pony: Fighting is Magic] also seems like exactly the kind of thing that would eventually draw a Cease & Desist letter from Hasbro's corporate lawyers.

And while I wouldn't necessarily blame Hasbro for that - my own understanding of US trademark law, which is probably off because I'm neither a ( Read more... )