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What the actual fuck. How is that even legal?
Not sure how a contact like that would look like our of anyone would sign that. After all, that would mean they could alter your work to whatever. What if they add a swastika to the forehead of someone? I doubt it.
.. what? This is a really weird take. Amazon isn't gonna put random swastikas on stuff. Contracts they have with media companies probably specify in what ways and to what degree they can alter images. I have no doubt they did this legally; WB asked them to change it, they didn't issue a legal demand.
Contracts often have a lot of wiggle room for stuff like this, and the reason life isn't 24/7 lawsuits is because parties with a grievance talk to each other and reach an agreement without going to court and invoking legality.
I would like to read that contract