You guys make the mistake of presuming that LucasArts care about a small group of fans/customers. I'm pretty certain they don't.
I saw them shut down a mod for Academy because it used some models from KotOR. Sure, it's copyrighted material - but in what way does it damage LA or Bioware that a few models are used for a mod for another game? On the contrary, I'll claim that it *benefits* them - as it exposed KotOR to a crowd that may not yet have bought KotOR, but that could be tempted to do so because of such a mod...
Really, I do not understand LA's attitude towards copyright. And therefore, I doubt that your logics will apply to this matter.