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As I said before,I misread the original question and never realised that it would be published online.However as there is a B5 roleplaying game anyway WB must realise that these sort of things are a major part of these games.Floorplans are needed and most people will write there own adventures.It is part and parcel of this sort of game so I would think a bit of leeway would be granted.
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Isn't that the point that Amy has been making though. There is nothing to stop anyone putting together their own floorplan and using it in their own adventures to play at home, but as soon as they put it on the web it has been distributed and therefore potentially open to a WB cease-and-desist order.
As Amy also says, they are almost duty-bound to issue one if they find something that breaches their copyright, so that future breachers cannot turn around and claim that as nothing was done in previous cases then WB had implied that it was OK to do so in future.
And, as far as Joss Whedon goes, if he
owns the rights and copyright to his shows then it is within his purview to give permission or not for fans to write their own fiction with his characters etc. If he doesn't own them, then legally it doesn't matter what he says, it is up to the studio to decide.
If JMS suddenly announced that he was done with B5 forever and fans were free to do what they liked in his universe, it would make no difference to the current situation, because WB owns B5 and it is up to them, not JMS, to decide what they will and will not allow.
Do I remember reading somewhere that WB are considered to be among the more protective of their properties in these circumstances?
