@vga256 the litigious aspect of companies is atrocious. I understand that some copyright protections need to be in place, but this was such a small thing, and with no $ earned from it, why bother?
As an artist myself, if my original work was unaltered and someone claimed it was their's, I'd be pissed. But if they used a piece of it, or were inspired by it, and properly credited it to me, then I'm okay with it, provided an agreement is signed.
Big corps kill small artists, and kill creativity.