Think you're completely missing/misinterpreting the point. (Gaming)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Saturday, February 12, 2022, 08:35 (1015 days ago) @ Korny

To go back to Cody's example, how would history look back on Michelangelo if ten years after painting the Sistine, he spent another ten years standing outside of it yelling that he wanted to be paid more because he had used some of his own sketches as reference for the work he was commissioned to do, and demanding that the church paint over his work so that no person could see it otherwise if they didn't pay for every person that came in and looked up.

First of all, there's virtually no chance for an injunction against the TV show. Injunctions are only issued if there isn't any other legal remedy, and if the harm in not issuing an injunction is irreparable. Neither seems plausible. If Marty and Mike are owed royalties for the music used on the show, the remedy is to pay them after the fact what they are owed plus some damages. So it will premiere as scheduled.

It has nothing to do with sketches or reference work. Licensed music was in Halo 1. Copyright for said music was transferred to MS, and in that contract were provisions for ancillary royalties. Marty and Mike were paid, but the numbers didn't add up. MS refused to show them the numbers.

It would be like if the Pope and Michelangelo agreed he'd get a dollar for every person who comes and looks at the ceiling. He gets some money, but there are way too many people visiting for the number to be accurate. He asks the Pope "Show me the numbers of how many people visit here", and the Pope going "Nah man. Just trust me."