For as long as there has been corporate art there have been artists and activists subverting it. Before corporate art, the same thing happened with religious art.
> It is sad to see activists now so limited in their imagination that their strategy is to run to tell the corporate lawyers.
This isn't a case of people tattling to Nintendo because some random person drew a comic they didn't like. This is people wielding what little power they have against the State.
> If you wish for more corporate control of intellectual property, well I'm sure the Republicans and the Democrats will both be happy to oblige.
I don't see how this cedes more power to corporations either. This doesn't involve or require Nintendo to flex some power they haven't used many, many times before.