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There is no clear answer if you are looking outside of what a judge will decide. The book says - "the CD images can be used by artists and designers in develop
by aaron695 5y ago
There is no clear answer if you are looking outside of what a judge will decide. The book says -
"the CD images can be used by artists and designers in developing concepts, preparing presentations for clients, and communicating visual information to others. Although the images are primarily intended for on-screen display, they can also be printed on either a black and white or color printer.
It's clear, only "preparing presentations" not using in presentations.
Equally the book buyers comments all think you can use the photos when making things. So clearly the CD gets sold for wink wink reasons and she would have to know that, but we also all know Capcom have had multiple people using the photos without everyone having a copy and they also know they are not a person just using the photos in a one off illegal presentation.
Legally it will be complex, we will see. It is interesting she allowed formatting shifting, you could print the photos. Was that legal when the book came out or was she adding additional rights and how does that effect the default copyright.
- bigiain 5y agoI suspect Capcom's lawyers are frantically preparing arguments about precisely what they want "communicating visual information to others" to mean...
- aaron695 5y agoI actually felt some sort of weird stability to see that in 1996 people also just put meaningless words together and pretended they had meaning. But it was strange to leave that open, everywhere else it's a tight language to not allow the extended use, while not explicitly explaining it so it didn't stop book sales.
- rossjudson 5y agoI really, really doubt it. I bet Capcom's lawyers are frantically preparing a settlement proposal for substantially less than was requested, and that they are prepared to write a check for that sum today, instead of going to court. Juracek's lawyers know this, and that's why they're saying nothing. Saying nothing maximizes their ability to agree to whatever flowery no-fault language Capcom would like attached to the settlement, because those words cost nothing.
- bigiain 5y agoI hope you're right. That's the good outcome.
- rossjudson 5y agoI'm pretty sure the book says "copyright (c) whatever". Absent a lengthy legal agreement actually granting commercial usage, it seems pretty dumb to do commercial usage. Good luck with your "because I feel like it and it makes sense to me!" approach to copyright law!