League of Legends developer Riot Games just learned an important (and potentially expensive) lesson: You can't use someone's likeness without their permission.
Former professional soccer player Edgar Davids won a lawsuit against Riot Games alleging that a character skin in League of Legends used his likeness. A Dutch judge agreed with Davids's allegations and now Riot is going to have to compensate Davids for all the money they made from people purchasing the lookalike skin, Dutch publication Het Parool reported.
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via Zero Tech Blog
