Ah, now I get it.
Yes, that is a
bit of a double standard (keyword: a bit), however plot's work is not established on a large scale and lacks his own brand recognition the masses would know.
Konami's stuff does, and that's where the difference is. Konami's resources are famous in certain regards, and being a large-scale corporation acknowledging inevitable fanworks goes with that territory.
That being said, you seem to have overlooked my point about crediting Konami at the end of the game. Since I wasn't clear enough the first time, I'll give a more concrete example of what I meant.
Sprites
-theplottwist
-so and so
-Konami
Music
-Chernabogue
-so and so
-Konami
Special Thanks
-so and so
-Mr. Coffee and Mrs. Doughnut
-Konami
Castlevania(C) and all related entities are copyright of Konami(C).
Now you see how easy that was? That's how Fair Use works. As long as the original owners are properly recognized and monetary gain is not a factor, barring the owners shutting you down (which is again, completely within their right and discretion), what you do is pretty much within legality. It's obviously another case if you use those assets to slander or create libelous strikes against them, but that's clearly not happening here.
But yeah, as Vlad said, you're going in circle around a completely irrelevant and long since disproven point. Why not quit while you're ahead, so we can all get back on topic and help plot realize this wonderful idea? I don't expect this suggestion to sway you whatsoever, but I offer it anyway out of a desire to compromise. That's not to say I'm settling to your opinion, which I very clearly don't agree with, but this isn't my thread or your thread and it's been derailed long enough.
Thanks for the lesson about how business and economics work D9, I didn't know that. (Insert Sarcasm.)
No one is mentioning about treating every employee from Capcom like conniving b@stards or anything like that. That's is why I mentioned the executives. It's not so black and white, but yes the executives have alot of influence on how a project shapes out. You mentioned it yourself .The executives periodically show up at a studio and usually the Producer and his associates show them how their milestones are shaping up among other things.
Sorry, mate. You have to remember I'm very frequently active over on Sprites Inc., a Megaman board, and as such have to deal with people bitching about Capcom's business practices without knowing what they're talking about. That's not to say you don't, but that argument in general has become such an annoyance and I tend to react to it with a little more hostility than usual.