How are things on the legal front?

[Lianon]

If I recall, some of the devs have discussed project 1999 with the current Sony Everquest management. In fact, I'm not so sure it didn't give them the idea to start their own classic server.

I don't think p99 will ever be big enough for Sony to care. Their legal staff has other more important things to take care of (passwords/personal information getting hacked).