Bell and Textron asked E.A. to stop using the Cobra, Huey, and Osprey in their video game Battlefeild 3 unless they paid a fee. E.A. responded with a lawsuit and it's fairly obvious E.A. will win if this goes to court. What irritated me was the that a Government contractor was asking for money for a depiction of their product that is paid for by the American Taxpayer and the fact that the designation of these aircraft comes from the Department of Defense, not Bell or Textron. My question to you is, Do you beleive these government contractors deserv some sort of fee from Hollywood or gamemakers when they depict their products in a movie or game?
Most of the technologies the USA creates is off the taxpayers backs. Industry forces the gubment to pay for new technologies, and when it works, the corporations take in the profits. So yes they all need to pay back the taxpayer.
