[DavidG]

Originally posted by PvK:
No, I was talking about fan art, not piracy. Do you think fan art (i.e. mods and shipsets) are hurting SE4?

Well I think Jack Simth answered this question but I think they real question should have been does that fan art involved in mods and shipsets hurt the shows they are modeled after? ie do the Trek mods hurt the Star Trek franchise or the B5 mod... I think the obvious answer to this is no. If fact, as has been mentioned, they are likely to have the opposite effect. As an example I recently joined a game as the Cardassian empire. A Star Trek race called the Breen is also in the game. Now I've never been a big STNG fan but I am now much more likely to watch the show if I new the Cardassians or Breen were in it.