Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Vogue or Rogue...Where's the Line Between Striking & Stealing a Pose?

yungturk39 opened this issue on Nov 07, 2005 ยท 56 posts


loam posted Mon, 14 November 2005 at 2:06 AM

Attached Link: http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/15/stories/2005051500682000.htm

A somewhat relevant illustration that anyone (with money) can sue anybody: Beverly Hills yoga franchiser Bikram Choudhury claims to own a copyright on a series of 26 ancient yoga poses. A group of yoga studios to which he had sent cease-and-desist notices sued him, claiming his copyright was not valid, but the preliminary ruling was not in their favor. However, their suit did seem to frighten him into agreeing not to sue those particular studios as long as they don't use the name "Bikram" (which he has trademarked).