Re:Artist says Capcom stole her photos for Resident Evil, De...
by bigiain on Monday June 07, 2021 @09:02PM
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> Not saying Capcom should profit without crediting the original artist.
Capcom "crediting the original artist" would have made this even worse for them, it'd then be a slam dunk admission of copyright infringement.
You cannot use a copyright work for free then "credit the original artist" to shirk your legal responsibility to negotiate a license to use the work.
There is no "grey area" here. (Arguably there _should_ be, and the hardline copyright stance the actual law takes is mostly Mickey Mouse's lawyers and lobbyists fault, but that's the world we live in...)
Capcom "crediting the original artist" would have made this even worse for them, it'd then be a slam dunk admission of copyright infringement.
You cannot use a copyright work for free then "credit the original artist" to shirk your legal responsibility to negotiate a license to use the work.
There is no "grey area" here. (Arguably there _should_ be, and the hardline copyright stance the actual law takes is mostly Mickey Mouse's lawyers and lobbyists fault, but that's the world we live in...)