

Companies using copyrighted trending music on paid social
Been seeing this one a lot recently but a lot of big companies are using trending music they definitely haven’t cleared in their paid social as well as their regular content.
They’re basically not paying for sync licenses and are setting themselves up for litigation. Just because a song is trending, doesn’t mean you’re allowed to use it commercially.
Has anyone had experience in working for a company that has done this and is it just ignorance?
I made an Asian train simulator game
It's basically rave themed snake. You play as either Kevin Nguyen or Tiffany Tan and your job is to collect enough of your friends (who are glowing) to move onto the next stage. You need to avoid the crowd and obstacles like toilets, speakers, art cars etc.
There's also a field of view mechanic so you can only see what's in your vision. However, there's also powerups in the form of totems. These totems give you anything from speed, increased vision to invulnerability. Totems are also the only thing you can see through the field of view.
Another "power up" is the mysterious bag and that gives you random powers but there's always a trade off, usually vision based.
And finally, if you make it through all the levels, the final stage is to run through a gauntlet of obstacles to reach the shuttle which leaves in 30 seconds.
Anyways enjoy lol