Talk:A Day With SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie (Rare Direct-to-DVD Release, Late 2011)/@comment-27545953-20160106195932

Moodie has requested an update on the past few days revelations (courtesy of ThatsJustLo) so I will do my best to summarize:

ThatsJustLo, a new user on the site, shows up and claims he/she is an asset manager on the production of SpongeBob Squarepants. They prove this by sending CartoonPizza and myself vector files that the ADWSS crew used without permission from Viacom. (Viacom is the owner of Nickelodeon, and thus, the intellectual property rights to SpongeBob Squarepants.) ThatsJustLo reveals that Reagal was never under any sort of court ordered silence. (As had been speculated previously.) He/she says that Viacom agreed not to sue or legally pursue Reagal as long as they never released the film for profit. Apparently, they were allowed to release the film for free, so long as they followed some rules. (Ex. SpongeBob can't appear on the cover, etc.) According to him, the film was FINISHED and that the individual that reported the stolen assets (to ThatsJustLo) had likely seen the film in it's entirety, however ThatsJustLo was only able to view the credits. After Viacom decided to "spare" Reagal from a lawsuit, Reagal ceased all contact with Viacom and the movie went "off the grid".

So that about sums it up. Also, let's all be thankful that BabylonJosh has not reappeared in the year 2016.