There was no doubt they had offended many fan creators.
They had lost some avenues of distribution.
To a great extent, it was like cutting off their own arm.
Putting aside things like harsh crackdowns, it took a great deal of time and effort for little gain. Even if they went through with it, it was still a losing proposition.
That was also why the industry practically turned a blind eye to fan creations.
Even in Little Griseo's previous life, only Uma Musume had acted that way because of pressure from the horse owners.
Without fan creations,
a work was, by and large, very unlikely to become popular.
Take hugely popular works, for example.
Leaving adult doujinshi aside, right?
There would definitely be fan novels, wouldn't there?
However!
Little Griseo and the others still cracked down harshly.
But they had said it before!
If you were making a proper fan work, with acceptable quality and respect for the characters, it wasn't impossible.
But once restrictions were added in this area, it was effectively no different from a total ban.
After all, when everyone wrote fan fiction, if they couldn't indulge in their fantasies, what could they write?
You had to respect the characters.
They even acted as though the slightest carelessness would get you rejected outright.
How could anyone write under those conditions?
Thus...
Aside from a small handful of obedient authors,
the rest of them, after Little Griseo and the others repeatedly made examples of people all over the world, sullenly gave up on using that material altogether.
It wasn't worth it~
They were only trying to make a living.
If they really ended up in prison,
wouldn't that be a huge loss?
Of course!
Normally, any creative group that dared to play things this way would be finished