Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


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

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


JohnRender posted Tue, 27 May 2003 at 10:54 AM

Very interesting topic... "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" So, have we heard back? Can I make any render I want or am I restricted by the EULA? Could the typical "nude Vikcy in temple" image be "potentially harmful to the... psychological well-being of Anna-Marie Goddard"?? This is really mind-boggling. DAZ offers a model for sale, but we can't use it to make renders, we can't use it to make commercial artwork. And some people are just glad to be able to make pictures with a Playmate of their own. Why don't they come out and say: "We make Poser products for your own personal enjoyment... if you catch our drift." {"Anna-Marie Goddard drinks pepsi and you should too"} And what about, Anna-Marie used the new V3 bikini, and Neftis Hair, both for sale in the Marketplace? Is that a "commercial" render? {Now we have the even uglier concept! What happens when a pirate get a hold of the texture nd morph set?} To see the answer to this question, just take a look on any p2p network... I'm sure it's out there by now. And if you're a "serious" pirate, you probably have a well-funded lawyer to handle issues like this. He can keep the case tied up in court long enough for you to make plenty of money (or until AMG or DAZ is out-spent and drops the case). And the comment about how sports games use the athlete's likenesses? 1) It's called "licensing"- for a fee, the athlete is included in the game. This, in turn, increases the value of the game since it has a "real athlete" in it. Think about it: which would you rather buy... "Sport Car Racing" or "NASCAR 2003 Sports Racing; now includes all the 2002-2003 drivers on the circuit!". 2) You can't make renders, images, etc from likenesses in games: the meshes are too lo-res and can't be separated out of the game. {Ah.. Come on Daz. Fess up. You guys just wanted to take pictures of Anna-Marie in the nude. You don't care how many models you sell. } Someone wants to take pictures of an ex-Playboy Playmate? Nah, I don't buy this theory. And getting off the subject a little... If AMG was a Playmate back in 1994 (when she was 24), then she is now almost 34. Um, why did DAZ choose a 34-year old model to base their character on? Not that there's anything wrong with 34-year old models, but were all the 18 year-old models not available? What about all the 20-something models? And here's something to consider: Vicky 3 is based on ex-Playmate Natalie Abramov. They hired her, brought her into their studio, and took pictures of her to use as their new Vicky character. Did DAZ "blur" the likeness enough so she wouldn't complain about her likness being used in people's renders?