Fox Bans Etsy Sales of Non-Licensed Firefly Jayne Hats

Jayne Cobb famously wore a distinctive knit hat which he received from his mother in the Firefly episode The Message. Since then, Firefly fans have been knitting their own “Jayne Hats” and some skilled makers have been knitting them and selling them on sites like Etsy. Now, Fox seems to have decided to shut down what seems to be a harmless expression of loyalty the series by sending cease and desist letters to unlicensed sellers of those Jayne Hats. Needless to say, the extremely loyal fans of Firefly are livid. Adam Baldwin, the actor who played Cobb tweeted his displeasure with the decision. One wonders how Baldwin’s character might react? Jayne did utter the iconic line, “Let’s be bad guys.”