Forum: Complaint & Debate


Subject: objects and the "not for commercial use" statment

spiffyandstuff opened this issue on Nov 19, 2000 ยท 89 posts


KenS posted Mon, 20 November 2000 at 1:47 PM

Regardless if its on a "free download site" or not, The creator does not lose or forfeit any rights. He/She does take the risks of having them abused by people who dont give a crap about anyone's rights besides themselves. Its as simple as this-Not everyone wants you to make money off their labor and never see anything of it themselves. They took the time to make the object, and were nice enough to share it with the community, the least you could do is respect their wishes by not making money off their labors. As for Marvel keeping a eye on anyone here, I seriously doubt that, They are having enough trouble of their own trying to keep from going bankrupt(again). Im not sure about the legalities concerning morph targets-since those are actually modified portions of a mesh created by someone else(usually Zygote). As to the Calvin Klien instance, technically they could charge someone for including their recognizable brand-that get's into a whole different area called intellectual rights. Coca-Cola paid $1 million dollars to have their Coke logo appear on the Jumbotron in the Superman movies, Marlboro(Philip Morris) paid close to the same amount to have one of their trucks get mauled in the same movie., What it boils down to, is if you didnt make it, you dont have anyrights to it, other than what the creator will allow, if they dont want it used in any money making venture, then don't include it in your work. Most of the guys(gals) around here are usually pretty easy going about this, some are not, this is a fact of life, all we can do is respect their wishes, if we dont then dont be surprised if they just up and stop providing stuff for the community to use for free, or they publicly chastise you for going against their wishes. The first step in making sure people respect your rights, is to respect theirs concerning their creations. Ken