MachineClaw opened this issue on May 23, 2003 ยท 207 posts
MachineClaw posted Fri, 23 May 2003 at 9:46 PM
the EULA: "(3) sell any portion of rendered output that contains any portion of the 3-D Model(s) without prior written consent of Anna-Marie Goddard, her attorney(s), or other legal business representation. Failure to obtain such permission will result in the User being held liable for any and all damages and costs and all other legal remedies available to Anna-Marie Goddard under applicable state, federal and international law." So I do my ultra Goddard "looking" woman fighting a mil dragon and print a poster and sell it, I'm gunna be in trouble. I understand the intent of the EULA to protect Goddard's image/likeness, however for commercial uses it's very unlike Vicky or Mike where I can create printable poster work and sell those. I'm still a bit confused. Sorry, I'm slow. If I use the Daz product to portray Goddard laying naked on a bed as fan art non commercial I'm fine, but the minute I try and sell the print I can't? SOOO is the Goddard Clone Package similar to Educational licences where you can do what ya want, ya just can't use it for commercial or profit uses? If so I can understand that but can't use products that restrict me as such and would have to pass on the product, however skillfully crafted the product is. I like that Daz is pushing the envelope and trying to do something new and creative at a low cost to users, however it seems to break the trend of commercial use that Daz has established so far with their other products. Vicky and Mike were done from what I understand as 'unknowns' in a similar fashion. Dan - What was the thinking behind the 'clone' project? I don't want to ask about the Daz secret code for business, not my question, more was it to see if a 'clone' of a actual person could be made for use with poser and we'll see where this goes? the product looks great, really, but the limited EULA restrictions make it hard for me to see where this product was intended. Would have made a killer freebie with the EULA like it is, but then, money doesn't grow on tree's I know. Thanks for all the great comments by everybody, interesting ideas coming out and being talked about. Copyrights, EULA, where this is leading, I'm truely facinated to see where this will take us all and our art.