He-Man Fans haben es derzeit auch nicht leicht. Wurden sie vor kurzem mit einer fülle von euphorischen Neuigkeiten überrascht, tauchen nun erneut negative Schlagzeilen ins Rampenlicht: Mattel USA versucht He-Man.org zu übernehmen!
Val Staples, Besitzer von He-Man.org und Geschäftsführer von MVCreations veröffentlichte jüngst einen Bericht in dem er Angab, das Mattel USA daran interessiert sei, den bis dato weltweit größten Sammlertreffpunkt für He-Man Fans www.he-man.org zu übernehmen. Was dies für Konsequenzen hätte, wäre ungewiss aber in Anbetracht der bis weilen von Mattel betriebenen Internetseiten, wäre es wohl so, das He-Man.org zukünftig als reine Werbeplattform genutzt werden würde.
Val Staples schrieb: have some troubling news to share with fans of He-Man.org. It?s come to our attention that Mattel may absorb He-Man.org. It?s actually something that Mattel has been pushing for over a year now, but they have never really acted on it. Lately, we fear the worst. One would think this wouldn?t necessarily be a bad thing. It?s also possible that it could be in Mattel?s right to own He-Man.org, as the name He-Man is a federally owned trademark of Mattel?s. We?re not sure where we stand legally since we?ve had this site in operation for many a year, prior to Mattel?s refiling for the name and the relaunch of the brand. But it?s not Mattel owning the domain name that troubles us. What worries us is if Mattel owned He-Man.org, they might slowly tighten their grip on the site content itself until it?s become part of their company and devoid of fan control/input. Mattel claims this won?t happen, but given everything we?ve seen over the past two years, we are very weary.
We?ve all fought very hard for MOTU. This site was one of the biggest catalysts for the rebirth of MOTU. It?s the largest site for information and news on MOTU. And we feel the only reason Mattel probably hasn?t come in and forced it away from us is because they are scared of how fans will react. We?ve stood by Mattel through a lot of things we don?t necessarily agree with. But please remember, there are a lot of good people at Mattel who fight for the fans and He-Man.org. Mattel is not a bad company that sets out to upset fans. They make decisions based on what they feel is right at the time, just like anyone else would.
So cursing the company as a whole is wrong because it blames everyone in the process... even those who are fighting the good fight. Still, it?s the few people there that make the less-than-popular decisions that worry us. And it?s only a few, but that?s all it takes.
If it comes down to it, we?d rather move He-Man.org to a new domain rather than have a bunch of suits come in and take away what is an important part of many of our lives.
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http://www.He-Man.org
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