"The author is basically directly attacking some poor bastard who works at Naughty Dog." No. Decisions about IP are never "just one person". They involve layer

"The author is basically directly attacking some poor bastard who works at Naughty Dog." No. Decisions about IP are never "just one person". They involve layers of approvals and sign-offs, some creative, some financial, some legal. That's not to say that mistakes don't happen. Of course they happen. But you're not dealing with one person here, you're dealing with a system. And clearly, it's a system that could stand to be tighter than it is.