[talmand]

You seem to be leaving out the original lawsuit was filed for a declaration of non-infringement since there were inquiries as to why they didn't pay up to license the previous song. If they felt they didn't infringe then I see nothing wrong with such a preemptive lawsuit to avoid lots of legal paperwork arguing back-and-forth, which only helps the lawyers involved. Such an inquiry would most likely lead to a lawsuit anyway. Might as well roll the dice and go straight to court to get it settled. They simply lost. There's no reason to think nefarious reasons for the first lawsuit not being filed by the children.

Plus, unless you've worked with the person, I'm not sure you have a place in suggesting how long it takes them to accomplish a task.

Finally, there are stupid outcomes to legal cases all the time. Logic and justice do not always prevail in a court of law.