RetroDevil opened this issue on Oct 27, 2007 · 93 posts
Gareee posted Mon, 29 October 2007 at 6:44 PM
"I think rather that this discussion went astray simply because of symantics from a new comer who called their character a 'morph' rather than saying it was created from dial settings. If the original poster of this thread wants to sell his character made from dial spins, or go into Zbrush and create a new morph and sell it in the market place, more power to him. "
Except technically a "morph" derived from a combination of other product morphs IS a violation of allowed use, and IS no longer an original product, but one derived from the original morphs illegally.
it's no different then someone using photoshop to combine two texture sets (or elements from) and reselling that as a "new" product... and it's also in voliation of Rendo's original content agreement you must sign when you submit here (or even over at Daz for that matter.)
While it might seem like a nit picking of terminology, there is a HUGE difference in MORPHS created and distributed, and MOR POSES which do NOT include point manipulation data, but setting for a required morph product.
And for someone looking to sell in the marketplace, they NEED to know what they can and CANNOT legally redistribute in a new product.
Imagine if I just combined a few of capsces morphs together, and then redistributed THAT as a "new" morph set of my own making! That would literally be robbing her of her talent and work, and presenting it ads my own creation.
The reason I used that as an example, is we both DO create morph sets, and when you actually use them, you see a very marked difference in how both look.. we both have distinctive morph "styles" and you don't use your use your OWN talent in creating MORPHS when you spin dials, export that into zbrush, and then add that back into poser creating your "own" morph.
New content crators need to learn to respect the copyright and legal use of products they purchase, plain and simple.
Just because you CAN do something doesn't make it legal to do so, and does not make it your own work.
Its no different then someone saying "I want to copy Poser for my freinds... how can I do this?", and someone replying it's illegal and it's protected by copyright, but then someone else [Pengy] popping in providing them methods on duplicating it and redistributing it, and THEN saying "But you really shouldn't do it."
Way too many people take way too many things way too seriously.