User blog comment:HumboldtLycanthrope/I'm going to be talking about creepypasta on the Rob and Slim Podcast/@comment-29890158-20161212234026/@comment-25148755-20161213143849

My understanding was he registered the copywrite as a preventative measure to make sure a corporation or print label wouldn't snag it and that his intent is to not enforce the copyright, effectively keeping the term usable by anyone. Now, he could obviously not end up doing that and be a total asshat, but I think people may have been overreacting initially.