Forum: Vue


Subject: My first model for sale how is it?

admin2 opened this issue on Dec 18, 2007 · 61 posts


Gareee posted Tue, 18 December 2007 at 4:59 PM

If I were you I would REALLY pull this, until you have written permission for redistribution. You can't just sell someone else's content without express permission, and the meshes in vue if they are from Eon are non redistributable.. in other words you are NOT allowed to resell them.

If they can prove thier content was used in your product, you can be sued for damages.. NOT what you actually make on selling this, but implied damages by the original creator.

You've already publically admittied that you did not create some items in the scene, so you've already admitted your guilt in this, and they could sue you for $1000, and there's not a whole lot you could do to defend yourself.

A good rule of thumb:

Never under any citrcumstances EVER try to sell something you didn;t create yourself, unless you have written permission from the author. Make SURE that the author is indeed the original creator, and if there is ANY possibility of a doubt, do not accept that written permission as factual.

You CAN sell your originally created items in the scene separately, ,use that image as an ad render, and add a disclaimer to it that such and such item is NOT included in your product.

Just because it's on the web doesn't make it any less a crime to give away someone else's content, or sell someone else's items, and you have no defense what so ever right now to a lawsuit. You can loose your internet connection, your accounts at web sites, monetary loss, and more importantly, your respect in the 3d community. Word has a way of getting around about issues, and once you've ruined your reputation, its gone for good.

(Plus if legal issues are filed, that becaimes part of your permanant record, and copyright violation becomes much more suspect when you already have had it filed once against you successfully.)

Way too many people take way too many things way too seriously.