CBS Shuts Down Stage 9, a Fan-Made Recreation of the USS Enterprise
Back in the day, early on in Reddit&#x27;s life, people started making fan art of the Reddit alien, and some cases they started making products with their creations and then giving them away.  We pretty much just let that go.  Then someone started selling their products with their fan art, just to make their costs back.  At that point we had a decision to make.  Do we shut down all the fan art, or do we do something about it?<p>The decision we came to was that our fans are what make us, so we asked our lawyers to write up a licensing agreement for us that we could use with all the fans.  It included provisions for profit sharing so that people could even make a profit off their fan art, as long as they cut us in for a small percentage and got our permission first.  And that&#x27;s how we ended up things like a complete reddit bike kit. [0][1]<p>After that, it was easier for us to license stuff than it was to try and shut it down, not to mention the right thing to do.  I&#x27;m sad that CBS couldn&#x27;t come to the same conclusion.<p>[0]  <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;AEPJh.jpg" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;AEPJh.jpg</a><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;bicycling&#x2F;comments&#x2F;2je6z2&#x2F;2015_reddit_kit_start_your_design_engines&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;bicycling&#x2F;comments&#x2F;2je6z2&#x2F;2015_redd...</a>