Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Important Trademark Issue

momodot opened this issue on Mar 27, 2006 ยท 124 posts


momodot posted Mon, 27 March 2006 at 11:45 PM

What is the status of xerox? At IBM the staff was not allowed to make a xerox, only photostats. Anyway, why is it that when we talk about copyright it is assumed that we must give the broadest and most sweeping interpretation, to the point of ignoring even the possibility of Free Use provisions but with trademark it is all about whether it can be enforced? Will it be enforced? Why should I have any obligation to obey a legal principal if enforcing it on me is impractical? If you look at threads on issues such as the Eve figure you will seen people on the brink of espousing the position that Eve can't be distributes as it has DAZ-like grouping even if it does predate Vicky 1. Any number of times people have been refused props that other people had downloaded for free even though the read_me says nothing about re-distribution and the original poster of the mesh has long ago disappeared. Like I said, I wish I had it in my power to make a modest proposal. Hmmm. I just hope that people using Poser know when a modification of a figure even for their own use is permitted by the EULA and when it is not. That people realize that a figure they have purchased from DAZ can not be used in a different location from where it was first installed, say if you move to a new town or something for instance. People here are typically very vigilant, it is important though to realize the scope of restrictions and make reasoned decision on how far one should go in observing copyright and EULA restrictions as they were intended.