Image 1 - Doing so for personal use is not illegal. Redistributing -- that is, giving the end result to someone else (anyone else) -- is illegal. Copyright protects the original element from distribution. Meshes are considered software, and covered specifically under the subsection of law that deals with software -- not books, not audio, not paintings. Textures for meshes are covered under the section dealing with images. THe two sections have some minor differences. Image 2 - Single polygons are not protected, as they do not deomonstrate enough original content -- in this case (and specifically this case), it would be the sum of the parts -- iow, the way that several of them are put together -- that matters. Image 3 - See answer to image 2 above. In response to 55: Copyright was never intended to limit ownership. It was intended to limit the distribution of materials in a way that deprives the creator of that property. For any reason. Also, yes, there is a good chance Victoria could become like Mickey. Both are trademarked, and trademark law is a very different body of law from Copyright in concept. Chief among them is that trademark can be renewed indefinitely so long as the mark is used in such a way that it signifies a product or service and does not pass into common usage. Response to 38: The work you have made is a derivative work. Under terms of the EULA for v3, you can distribute the top since it is not an object that competes directly with the original item (V3). Caveat: Were you to do the same with a piece of clothing from DAZ that is the same thing, you would NOt be able to distribute it under the terms of the EULA. blah blah, blha blha blah, blah blah. blah :D

thou and I, my friend, can, in the most flunkey world, make, each of us, one non-flunkey, one hero, if we like: that will be two heroes to begin with. (Carlyle)