User blog comment:PlantyThePottedPlant/Random Topic Blogging III: Blog Harder/@comment-4121682-20130322205420/@comment-3395649-20130323140111

Again, 1997, the year that the Railway Series would suffer a long statis. Why? Because of Britt Allcroft obtaining the copyright before Christopher could.

That situation is a parallel of what our current situation is right now.