momodot opened this issue on Mar 27, 2006 ยท 124 posts
momodot posted Mon, 27 March 2006 at 8:59 PM
Usually the only place that a trademark applies is if you're in the same field/market where it is registered. Comics, graphic novels, graphic art, animated film and live action movies, and licensed merchandise v. Computer Generated Art and Animations. It is an interesting matter...
Anyway, I didn't want you to get all riled up. I just thought this was an issue of importance to the community. Maybe the bottom line is let your conscience be your guide, look at a given situation and judge for yourself if an innocent party is being harmed. Maybe to be balanced people have to set aside a rigid, legalistic, officious and overweening attitudes and make choices based on what feels right. I actually believe you all are doing what you feel is right. That you would stop and consider whether a person who for example makes a prop using Poser primitives and distributes it as Freestuff will in fact "cause immediate and irreparable damage and injury" to the current owner of Poser. Maybe you are right, maybe we shouldn't leap on the band wagon of over-reaching copyright, trademark, and EULA claims as though they are some new toy with which to bludgeon artists. Food for thought.