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Originally Posted by DanielMcintyre
Aces High has pretty much every major plane from ww2 implemented and has done for at least the last 6 years. I was playing it in 2001 and I think its still going.
In fact, pretty much since I started playing sims I have flown most if not all the major ww2 flight sim equvilents of modern ww1, ww2 and more modern aircraft.
I think the cats been out of the bag too long for companies to start claiming copyright on artwork, and if they did it would probably also apply to literature and still art as well.
"Im sorry sir, however we're going to sue you for your representation of our aircraft in your book" <- not going to happen.
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So? A corporation is not a law enforcement agency. They don't have to hold themselves to a standard of not making a claim unless it is claimed fairly and across the board. Nor do they allow their past choices or inaction to dictate current and future action.
Now a court might hold them to that standard, but here's the rub: Northrop-Grumman and friends have unimaginable resources in comparison to any French software publisher or Japanese model kit maker. They would run out of money long before anything went to court. The simple threat, no matter how baseless, is more than enough to cause them to back down (especially when it comes to niche games with low profit margins).