> It almost sounds like "legal told us not to go after you guys, but I personally really want to" at this point. It just doesn't add up. Because it really seem

> It almost sounds like "legal told us not to go after you guys, but I personally really want to" at this point. It just doesn't add up. Because it really seems that way. Legal might have explored this possibility and found no viable path, so this employee (or his team) thought they could bully the creators into submission. They must have thought that bringing legal into the equation would have led the creators to lawyer up and prepare for a defence, which would not have been their desired outcome.