littlefox opened this issue on Nov 27, 2004 ยท 129 posts
Invidia posted Sat, 27 November 2004 at 2:18 PM
Can the style and cut of an outfit be copyrighted? Thats the question in my mind. I mean, yes - the two outfits are very very similar. But that doesnt mean that anyones copyright has necessarily been violated. I draw ideas from things I see around me all the time - magazines, shop windows, people on the street. We all do, dont we? The person who did the 3D model still had to tediously create each piece himself, texture it, and test it. That sounds like a lot of hard work. The concept of the outfit was the easy part IMO. Now, if Daz had taken someone elses model and changed it slightly, or had taken someone elses textures and modified them - that would be an obvious violation. But the cut and style of clothing is a much more nebulous area, and to be honest I hope we never get so picky that we cant draw inspiration from the outfits we see around us. Otherwise, we all have to become fashion designers in addition to modelers, texturers, renderers, and artists in our own right. Not to be contrary at all - just my thoughts. Best Blessings, --Invidia