When the Bourbon Orca first hit the sea, several of the first models were censored by Damen.
I heard of two modelers that were asked to remove their builds from bulletin boards during
the first two years after the Bourbon Orca was launched.
Robert Allan Marine Architects is also very protective of their designs.
For different reasons, I have seen three builds of RA designed models censored.
One was due to the potential marketability of the hull.
In other venues, Century 21 Productions, Gerry Anderson is very protective of their designs.
I have heard of numerous "Cease and Desist" orders issued for garage kit models of Space 1999, and
other designs created by Gerry Anderson.
Firefly, Serenity, is another hard line to pass. Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy Productions and
20th Century Fox Television, are
very quick to issue C&D orders if a small marketable model is created outside of licensing.
One modeler in the UK, stepped up to ask about licensing a model of Serenity and was reported
that the license would cost $8000 USD. No one thought that was so bad until the modeler pointed
out that it was $8000 per model, and that included the eight he had already sold.
Gene Roddenberry or Roddenberry Productions, Lucas Films, Fox television, are all very protective of their "property".
It comes down to "Intellectual Property" rights. If the majority of the public can look at
the model and name a specific ship, or associate it with a specific "brand"(ie: star wars, star trek...etc.)
then the owner of that "brand" is within their rights to issue a C&D letter.
