You can sue as much as you like until you run out of money to pay compensation. In the contract law we are talking about, there are no loopholes that would not be spelled out in the contract. But why did you start this argument?
This is what we were talking about... and here many incomprehensible situations arise.
Why does Ocean act like he's sorry to lose his music? He deliberately agreed to sign this agreement and at the moment of signing he abandoned these songs. Moreover, he previously said that there will be porn scenes in the game. This means that this music will not be in SG in any case. If this music doesn’t exist, then what’s the point of deleting the footage? And why didn’t he warn the people who were giving him money in advance? I think this is a very ugly act on his part.
Have you seen the contracts that these companies offer? You're building this whole "no loopholes" argument that just isn't true. Go do some research about music for sync licenses at the low cost tiers with music from artists starting out. Compare that to sound effects licenses, stock footage licenses etc. They are all simple licenses, and once the license holder sees what they're used for they quickly try to stop it for purposes they don't like. It is not so much loopholes as they change their mind because they didn't imagine it being used in certain ways. The creator starts out thinking any exposure is good, and once they have exposure, they start putting restrictions on usage that might damage their brand. Bait and switch is also common.
Contract law in which jurisdiction? Do you think Ocean will pay for flights and accomodation to the US to sort out contracts that are around $1000? Would you? You don't seem to understand that when the amount is small, it is not worth pursuing remediation.
No, Ocean signed a contract, and when he went to extend the subscription, he found they wouldn't unless he changed. Again, you try to blame Ocean for the whole situation and protect the company. He signed the agreement, thinking it was acceptable, and the rightsholders refused to renew unless he met their new terms.
There will be porn scenes in season two, which will be a separate standalone game. Licenses for season one and season two have no relation to each other. One reason to do this is that he can keep the music in season one which he spent time scoring, like has been said in this circular argument many times by many people. Ocean doesn't want to waste time finding new music, he'd rather tone down the lewd content in season one, sign off, get steam released and move on. The music will be in SG Season One, that is why the edits are being made. Try rereading all of the dev logs. It's pretty clear.
This is being pragmatic so he can deliver a finished season one, so he can go forward and continue making the rest of the game. Or do you want him to do a another rework?
As far as ugly goes, his patreons determine what they pay. He has been clear about his reasons. I'd say a large number are in for the long haul and don't care about these particular scenes as much as they care about the story being worked on. Patreon =/= pornhound who can only be satisfied by images of Nika's flaccid pee pee. I mean, really, this is such a small thing to be worried about. Season 2 is standalone and Ocean has specifically mentioned he is buying permanent licenses at a higher cost for it so this can't happen again.
Anyway, this particular train of thought is boring. It's only a couple of days, and this thread will have everyone posting the image changes ad we can see what a small deal it really is.
