Quote Originally Posted by FinagleABagel View Post
HAHA! Seriously, this is funny. You honestly think that there is any legal weight to the "well he/she did it"?

Appetites for risk vary by company. Blizzard is well known for being aggressive, both in liberal definitions of fair use and defending their product. Not every company is going to see that allocation of resources as worthwhile.

To make a big deal out of a video with 50,000 impressions is beyond a joke. I personally like guerilla/viral marketing campaigns, but I know enough about business to realize that sometimes the risk associated with that isn't worth it. You lose a measure of control, and everyone knows SE likes having complete control.
There's no risk to SE, though. They have no exposure by allowing videos to be published with someone else's music attached. They're not exposed at all, because they aren't the ones doing it. I mean, sure, you can totally say, "Oh, someone could sue them" but the thing is, you can technically file a lawsuit against anyone, for anything, or nothing at all. Anyone can file a lawsuit in the US for any reason, and it doesn't have to be legit, because when you file it, they just take your money and the Petition. They don't look to see if it makes any sense. But that doesn't mean that it would get any further than that. So, I mean, if they're that scared of lawsuits, they should just shut the game down. Because someone could sue them for the game existing at all.