>>43691698Copyright law is so simple with regards to permissions you can summarize it in one line
>Do you own the copyright of the work you intend to use? If not, you need a license from the copyright owner to use it otherwise you can be sued for copyright infringement. That does not mean you will ALWAYS get sued, but you always CAN be sued and it's not worth the hassle.
The only defense against a lawsuit is what Khyo and False are trying: cause enough of a ruckus with the peanut gallery so the party suing gives up to prevent taking the PR hit.
And that's the difference between western companies and japanese companies
>western companies "lose face" when they are perceived as a "Goliath" trying to trample the little guy>japanese companies "lose face" when they are seen as "weak" and incapable of enforcing their rightsAs Nintendo more than once proved, japanese companies don't give a fuck about the peanut gallery
