[sepnax]

She stole those designs from the objects she photographed, as much as Capcom stole the pictures from her.

[dustymcp]

Capcom is a large company they could have done it themself or just bought the license they didnt now they must pay.

[spicybright]

That's like saying a painter stole a landscape they painted.

Regardless the images in her book are copyrighted.

[tinus_hn]

This is all a lot more complicated than you make it out to be.

Regardless, it looks like Capcom probably did take the images from her collection and it’s pretty dumb for them not to just pay for the license which would probably have been cheaper than this case, whether they win or lose it.

It’s also possible though that they took the images from someone else who they paid or who marketed them as free, or that this lady took free images and is marketing them as her own.