Tropes/Screwed by the Lawyers

Literature

 * In a blend of this and Screwed by the Network, Seussibles (a planned official Dr. Seuss NFT app) was screwed over less than a day after being announced, due to Dr. Seuss Enterprises happening to be owned by ArgosyMTM Group, a company which is run by Ellen Peck, a known blockchain and NFT skeptic. Dapper Labs and Tibles, the intended NFT partners, were both served Cease-and-Desist notices. To add insult to injury, a day later, Dr. Seuss Enterprises was merged into Cloudco Entertainment (another subsidiary with NFT plans that Ellen had screwed over) to form the nondescript “ArgosyMTM Classics” division, headed by Ms. Ellen Peck herself, and former Seuss head Susan Brandt (who had the idea for Seussibles in the first place) was reportably demoted to a role within The Asylum, Argosy’s Z-movie and Mockbuster division.

Music

 * Plans for Crazy Frog NFTs were also screwed over by ArgosyMTM management, though this was a justified trope somewhat, due to massive internet backlash towards the NFT plans. Similarly to what happened with the Seussibles incident, the intended partner, crypto startup Metabeats, received a cease-and-desist letter once the plans had been cancelled, in this case signed by Ellen Peck herself. The Metabeats website disappeared soon after.

Sports

 * The Seattle Kraken NHL expansion team wanted to release NFTs to reveal the team’s mascot. The operative word is “wanted”, because the team happened to be owned by ArgosyMTM Group. The deal with blockchain startup Orange Comet was terminated once Ellen found out, and as usual, said startup received a C&D letter.

Western Animation

 * Another victim of Ellen Peck’s hate towards crypto and the slow end of any and all autonomy within ArgosyMTM subsidiaries, plans for Care Bears NFTs in partnership with crypto startup RECUR got scuttled once an Argosy fan/NFT critic noticed Care Bears parent Cloudco was owned by AMTM, and pinged Ellen Peck’s Twitter account. RECUR reportedly received two C&D’s; one telling them to stop using the Care Bears IP, and one forbidding them from making any partnerships with anything even remotely connected to ArgosyMTM IPs. Cloudco was swiftly merged into the vaguely-defined “ArgosyMTM Classics” subsidiary, run at arm’s-length from corporate, ensuring everything had to cater to Ellen’s whim. The former Cloudco licensing head, Robert Prinzo, was reportedly reassigned to the “Alternative” film division (e.g. Troma and aforementioned Asylum).