I notice that a lot of people, while pissing themselves over closed species, like to compare them to poke'mon and other companies and I can't help but fuckin laugh
Things like poke'mon, final fantasy, digimon, ect. make money off of the shows, video games, and other merchandise they sell. OF COURSE they don't bother stopping people from drawing their stuff and making characters out of them because that is free advertisement for what they DO make money on.
Species and design adopts in general are making money by selling the design itself.
These are VASTLY different markets and honestly, you make yourself look hella ignorant when you compare