MachineClaw opened this issue on May 23, 2003 ยท 207 posts
lmckenzie posted Sat, 24 May 2003 at 1:45 AM
"Basically we are just trying to provide a very very realistic mesh using a live model for reference" - A wonderful idea, but why do it in a way that necessitated all the additional lawyering, restrictions, etc. Yes, there is the added appeal of a "known" personality and we all have people we'd like to see Poserized but oy vey, you have to morph them into "not them" (as defined by third party lawyers) for many purposes. Why not just use an attractive unknown model without all the legal baggage? I'm sure DAZ wouldn't have anything to do with porn stars, but in the long run, it might be less hassle for everyone. As for the sales appeal, more people in the sedate Renderosity family seem to be familiar with Mr. Jeremy than Im would have guessed, so I think the market is there - though hopefully for someone attractive and female. I really do hope this project is a success, it (real people) is a good idea but using mainstream celebs will probably always be a legal quagmire. I don't recall DSI having all these restrictions on Dina but of course Dina probably doesn't have the pinstriped army of sharks that AMG does. Nice try but I'll pass on this one.
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