Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Possible Piracy, opinions wanted.

AlleyKatArt opened this issue on Apr 21, 2003 ยท 30 posts


Vazdru posted Tue, 22 April 2003 at 9:43 AM

Heather, Fionn,

I want to thank you both for coming over here to post and clarify. :)
Thank you for the information you've given as well, it clears up all the questions I had. I believe you deserve every penny you earn with the subscriptions, I know it has to be a massive headache and amount of work to run SimFreaks.

My main worry was with credit. As incredibly touchy as the Sims community is about credits and recycling other peoples work into another form and distributing it, I was expecting to see mention of what was used and from whom it came-not just a thank you to the creators of plugins for Poser and 3ds Max and Daz and R'osity. I was expecting to see a credit to the original mesh artists.

For Sims players who have no knowledge of Poser, it is a mite misleading for them to think or assume that all the work has been done from scratch.If there is no mention of it, that is what they usually assume. I think perhaps mention of the original source could be mentioned on the pages for the sets and heads, and it would be great. As Anton said, many Sims players might become interested in Poser, which would increase revenue for all parties involved.

I don't challenge your ownership of the meshes these things came from, or the hard work and artistry it has taken to put them into Sim form, I just think more credit should be given.
I hope you are not po'ed at me for speaking up on this. I am a paranoid little Bat. :)

please, keep up the great work both here and there.. I'm a download-a-holic.:)

-Batty-