> Yeah, she put out the CD of clearly copyrighted images as bait to trick Capcom into stealing them. I didn't say that. You said we can assume she contacted th

> Yeah, she put out the CD of clearly copyrighted images as bait to trick Capcom into stealing them. I didn't say that. You said we can assume she contacted them. I'm telling you why we can't assume that: It's more profitable to litigate outright, rather than seeking an agreement. So profitable indeed, that some photographers (not necessarily her) take advantage of the fact. > Poor Capcom! You must've never dealt with employees. They'll just do stuff and you're on the hook for it. You can have workshops on legal issues and they'll forget and ignore it all. Why the hell would Capcom risk a lawsuit by copying (crappy-quality) images from a CD? To save a few bucks on a multi-million dollar game production? Do you think there's some guy there with a monocle, twisting his mustache, amused by the thought of having stolen the work of some photographer? I can almost guarantee the whole thing transpired like I said: Some employee copied something and it took on a life of its own. Nobody paid attention to the license. Not everybody is a nerd about international copyright. Not everybody would automatically assume that a random picture of a spider web is entitled to copyright in the first place.