Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Commercial restrictions on poses?

gagnonrich opened this issue on Dec 09, 2003 ยท 18 posts


Questor posted Tue, 09 December 2003 at 12:32 PM

You'll find - oddly - that the larger majority of "commercial restrictions" are intended to stop people selling things. That's how it started, that's why commercial restrictions first came in. It was discussed to death on this site when the store first opened. Essentially you cannot copyright a "pose". You cannot copyright "sitting with right leg crossed" or "kneeling in prayer" etc because these are common human positions that any human or human figure can attain. It'd be like copyrighting "smile"... Doesn't happen. However, you can copyright a "collection" of poses as that constitutes an art form. But not the points in space or the position used. If there is commercial restriction on a freestuff item then rather than tearing the creator apart for their wishes. Do one of two things. Contact them and ask or just delete the damn thing. Sheesh. Always there's this witch hunt for freestuff. What? You want everything in the store and freestuff empty? An email to ask. Is that really so damn difficult?