Capcom 'resolves' lawsuit over images used in Resident Evil 4
That was the basis for designer Judy A. Juracek's lawsuit against Capcom, which alleged last June that the publisher used, without permission, at least 80 photographs from a CD-ROM accompanying her 1996 photography book Spaces. Most of the textures were claimed to feature in Devil May Cry and Resident Evil 4. Now, the law firm representing Juracek, St Onge Steward Johnston & Reens LLC, has confirmed that the dispute has been "amicably resolved" (thanks, Polygon).
We don't have the specifics of what resolution was reached, so can't definitely sing the copycat, copycat song at Capcom, but some of the exhibits from the court documents are, shall we say, uncannily compelling.
There's the actual game logo…
… and this texture, which had the exact same file name in the game files as it did on the Spaces CD. Either a case of very sloppy copycatting or a cosmic coincidence.
The case is now closed, and the damages haven't been disclosed. What we do know is that Juracek's lawyers were seeking $2,500 to $25,000 for each photo used by Capcom, amounting to as much as $12 million in damages.
This isn't the only time Capcom has been accused of using existing designs without permission. Frankenstein's Army director Richard Raaphorst said last May that the Sturm boss (the one with a propeller for a face) from Resident Evil Village was ripped from the 2013 movie, which featured a near-identical monster.
At this rate, I wouldn't be surprised to discover that Chris Redfield was actually ripped from a mid-90s 'Sexy Firemen' calendar, and that mutated William Birkin was in fact a scrapped Teletubby design. Stay tuned.
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