TBH it is huge publications like Kotaku, Rock-Paper-Shotgun and all the others writing about these fan projects that kill them, as soon as they are brought into the light they WILL be shut down. The odd Reddit post or Discord group is not likely to grab the attention of the lawyer-wielding copyright holders but as…

It is if you plug it into the wall... Well; depending where you live anyway.

Well I have a castle 3 mile north from me, a working Edwardian ship in dry dock a few miles down the coast, a few halls dotted around the place and my old house had a medieval flour mill visible from the window... And this is just England, imagine Norway or the Latvian countries.

Try doing the reverse of that though xD Now THAT requires a PHD in computer science!