Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Anna-Marie Goddard Digital Clone questions of use...

MachineClaw opened this issue on May 23, 2003 ยท 207 posts


Kelderek posted Fri, 23 May 2003 at 12:31 PM

This is a very dangerous EULA which makes the product virtually useless for most users. To use it commercially is out of the question unless you have written permission from Ms Goddard herself. That is pretty clear and obvious. No questions there. The dangerous section is here: You can't even make available to a third party (e.g. post in the Renderosity gallery) a picture that: "are demeaning, pornographic, illegal, slanderous, libelous, or otherwise damaging, potentially harmful to the public image of, vocation of, or overall psychological well-being of Anna-Marie Goddard" The question is, who decides? This is a legal mine field. Is it Ms Goddard herself who defines the meaning of the above sentence? Is she, or her agents or attorneys, going to keep an eye on the pictures made with this product? I have no idea what Ms Goddard herself thinks would constitute a picture that is "potentially harmful to the public image of" her. The EULA is a potential threat to anyone using this product and posting a picture on the Net (or sending it to a friend for that matter). And that threat will be there forever, since people might download the picture. What if the definition of "demeaning" or "libelous" suddenly changes in the eye of the people that might watch over this? I seriously doubt that this EULA will stand up in court, but the uncertainty built into it makes me strongly advise against posting any picture using this product. Buy it if you want to make picture for your own pleasure, but hide the picture from any third party who might get access to it. What is the definition of a "third party" in this context, BTW? Friends, family? I suppose so. I was not going to make any Anne-Marie Goddard porn anyway, but the EULA made my eyebrows raise a few inches...