The "" Question...

Never really thought that one through, Philywebrider. Thank you for bringing this potential nightmare up so that we can discuss it.

In your commercial renders, my thoughts are that you should feel free to edit out any markings, signage or textual reference to "Dystopia" that would in any way compromise your own artistic or creative vision. The copyright of the final image should belong to the artist who created the image using our component parts that assisted in your artwork.

If you choose to retain "Dystopia" as part of your final image... I have absolutely no problems with that. It's free advertising for this growing series of environments, props and figures, so complaining about it would be furthest from my mind. :o) Many thanks in advance if you choose to do this.

As for any qualms about staying "true" to the vision of what the heck this "Dystopia" series is all about... don't worry about it there isn't one to worry about. It's a supportive background "universe" of sorts that should be as flexible as anything you want it to be. :o)

A tip of the hat would be most appreciated, specially when there might be some potential misunderstandings or some misrepresentations might arise. As with all credits, I personally don't feel that an artist needs to credit his tools. However, for any acknowledgements, we would be profusely grateful to the point where we would be insanely ecstatic.

I'd like to think that our little group of artists working together to help create "Dystopia" doesn't take itself too seriously. We are dedicated to creating quality stuff, but much more than the sales, it should be about all of us specially the customers enjoying what we do.

I hope that this has helped clarify my position on copyright without becoming needlessly confusing and all jumbled up in legalese. Please allow me to bring this thread to the attention of stonemason, Ajax and billy-home, before we collectively commit to a stand. :o)

Again, thank you very much for bringing this up.

Cheers! M
SUPREME CHANCELLOR OF DYSTOPIA (a.k.a "S.Ch.M") :oPMessage edited on: 07/07/2004 10:55

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