Gee, thanks guys. I found the quote anyway.
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it's too easy for people to claim that
something we're doing was actually "their idea" and then try to
seek compensation or credit. We actually had
this happen once with someone. Their suggestion was
as simple as "you're next game should have more unique
characters". When our next game actually did have more
unique characters, this person wanted credit for
"giving us this idea". What a joke, but none the
less a total pain in the ass for us when someone tries
to pull a stunt like this as it takes energy away
from production to deal with it. As a result we try
to keep a clean line between internal
conceptual development and the outside world. The cleanest line is to not look at any submitted ideas from outside the
company.
These kinds of policies kill me because I wish we lived
in a world that didn't have to have so many damn
lawyers and self proclaimed victims in it. But, this
is the real world and our property is safer when the
line is cut and dry. This doesn't stop people from
creating things like what you've sent me, or putting
them onto fan sites and such and having fun with
the universe. It just means that if I didn't see
it... then it never becomes a more complicated
issue. Welcome to Hollywood legal.
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From none other than Lorne Lanning himself.