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You're right...you either aggressively defend, or you lose.
Just ask my neighbors - there is a legal issue surrounding property rights that parallels this issue, known as adverse possession, meaning, if you use land without permission for a long enough period of time (18 years in Colorado, differs in other states), the property becomes yours automatically.
That's what we did with our neighbors who tried unsuccessfully to move a fence 8 feet into our back yard, since the original property lines in 1956 showed it to be where they wanted the fence. But, 18 years had LONG since passed since the line was moved. We didn't even know about the change in property lines, but, in the long run, it didn't matter. None of the owners of our neighbors property had ever asserted ownership of the 8 foot strip, therefore, the property became ours.
It's the same issue with copyright stuff - though that doesn't bother me as much as what might happen with an underground chapter that casts a bad light on all of LXA. Should an underground chapter be accused of hazing or other criminal activity, and the media pick up the story, all you will see on the news is LXA - not "an underground chapter" of LXA - just LXA - our reputation will be trashed by a group not legally attached to us, but the damage WILL be done.
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