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Mystic Monkey wrote: He sued them because he though they were too much like his characters. Yes I see resemblences but honestly never thought it matters much due to Sonic Chronicles and Archie comics being seperate canons loosely based on one another.

But heres what I don't get, didn't he sign any legal contracts that grant Sega ownership of his characters? And didn't BioWare know they would be sharing the Sonic characters they made with Sega as well?

But it seems Ken Penders greed let it get the best of him as he believed his ideas should be his alone and wanted to break his contract with Archie and threw a wrench in there works.

It annoys me because it's all just about business. He never considered how the Archie-Sonic fandom would consider his actions. He wanted what was his (okay, I would support him for the right of his characters and wouldn't hassle him about it) but did so in a very selfish way.

Theres never a situation like this where someone is like "I want to take legal action to get my things back... I know I may be on bad standings with the people I want to sue but what about the people I cater for?" I see now. And yes, I thought everything he'd built belonged to those fellas at SEGA anyway. You really are very wise in every word, my good friend!