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If the legal department cleared it, they've made a poor decision, but I can see this slipping through the cracks - for instance, a legal layperson making an ass
by stordoff 5y ago
If the legal department cleared it, they've made a poor decision, but I can see this slipping through the cracks - for instance, a legal layperson making an assumption based on the "can be used" text, or the images getting used internally (as the licence seems to allow) without properly keeping track of the sources and the usage restrictions.
I don't disagree that Capcom may have needed a commercial use licence, and that they should have done their due diligence, but I still think the book could have been clearer on this matter.
- bigiain 5y agoOr just as likely, an employee in their art department, under typical never-ending gamedev crunch time. just "doing whatever it take to get it done" to get their manager off their back...
- klyrs 5y agoYup, then this lawsuit is just a cost of doing business. Judge won't give a shit that it was an employee on crunch-time.