| Miguel_Zorro said: It doesn't matter if he's the most popular musician of all time, or if he's never sold a single album. It doesn't matter how popular the game is, or whether the inclusion of the song influences sales. If somebody says they don't want their intellectual property in the game, it doesn't go in the game. Full stop. |
It actually matters tremendously, albeit for practical rather than legal reasons. If these claims were raised by some no-name musician without a penny to his name, his leverage would be greatly weakened: legal proceedings are expensive, IP litigation doubly so, and fighting a successful and wealthy corporation compounds the probelm even more. Because this guy apparently has money to fight, the legal calculus starts to shift dramatically in his favor: he can't simply be bullied away, or bought off for pennies.
