sknox opened this issue on Mar 30, 2001 ยท 11 posts
ookami posted Fri, 30 March 2001 at 7:55 PM
Hehe.. I've already shared my opinions on other threads. I think the moderators are a little too quick to jump to conclusions and it's going to get Renderosity sued. And then there will be no Renderosity. Unforunately... in this particular case... it's damned if you do and damned if you don't. However... both Renderosity and Wendy could be held liable for damages for removing his product if the copyright claim is not proven. Damges would probably be calculated in lost moneys based on the average number of sales with products in the Marketplace in x number of days, where x is the number of days from the time it was removed until the time it is restored or judgement is passed. BUT... at the same token, SKNOX could be held liable is he is found to be in violation. HOWEVER... is JUST the face is copied... that means that OVER 50% of the work was changed considering the size of the image. That could make it a new work. Lots of loopholes in the copyright laws. Depends on the judge you get... or jury if it goes that way. Ack... I'm starting to get flashbacks to college and all those #$%#$ legal books I had to study....