i don't have much to add, since i am literally just a bystander here with no real understanding of copyright/legality disputes. but i DID want to come in here and give you a thank you for taking the time out of your day/night (yesterday lol) to give the fandom some kind of response from someone direclty involved, even though we know its not an "official" response. getting someone elses perspective (from someone who was there, in the time) is super valuable for clarifying information/understanding the nuance of the situation.

i think a lot of people are expecting something you cannot give them, which sucks, but im thankful for the assurance that a) some kind of official statement is forthcoming, and b) that some of what gio said now has an alternative viewpoint to it.

i think the issues around the legality and copyright are the main crux of the article. i personally have problems with a lot of the emotionally charged language and targeted/malicious framing present within the "article" (which frankly should have just been called blog post vs being portrayed as an article, lol) and the ppl in this thread arguing that this statement sucks because of the same type of language (emotional) feel like theyre purposefully reading bad faith into your post vs coming at it with like... any sort of empathy or understanding. and that sucks! and im sorry that this is all happening.

uhh tl;dr thank you for posting and im sorry people are being shitty towards you and the hicu/fraf team