caleb68 opened this issue on Jun 20, 2001 ยท 67 posts
Questor posted Wed, 20 June 2001 at 2:11 PM
Celeb does have a valid point, a lot of the stuff you can buy can't be used in "some" commercial products without a licence, though this usually covers the transferrance of the mesh and items to others rather than imagery that is sold on. Under ideal conditions you can use things you purchase in commercial projects that utilise images, animations etc created using the purchased meshes. You can't however hand that mesh/obj/texture/whatever onto third parties or other users (redistribution etc). So game use etc would be out of the question. It's usually a very good idea to carefully read any information that the author has available before you purchase an item depending on the use to which you wish to put it. Normally if you're just selling pictures created using the purchased items then nobody complains about it. Daz actively encourage such use of their items as it gets their stuff out into a different market where people might sit up and take notice - also look at the huge proliferation of characters and morphed "things" in the stores here and elsewhere. So, that again is an almost always allowed "commercial" use. But, anything that means a person could get hold of that model without paying for it is considered a breach of licence. A seperate licence in these case is usual procedure. Perhaps it might be an idea to make this sort of thing clear in the store so that potential buyers understand the limitations they are agreeing to when they purchase a model. Don't forget, commercial limitations do not always mean "ANY" commercial use. I don't know any model maker who says NO! to a buyer producing images for sale using the items they sold. But I know a lot who would balk at the idea of their stuff being handed on to production houses or individuals for use in games or other "software" for use by people who hadn't paid for the use of that item. I hope that was clear because the two answers to Celeb's post above were a little sarcastic and I think misunderstood what was being said. At least I hope so and that "I" haven't misunderstood. :) In summary: Artwork is almost always allowed without special licence. In fact most authors of a model would encourage it. Any other work that includes redistribution of the model or parts of the model are not allowed and require a seperate licence. This is quite normal I'm afraid. :) There is a small clause in there that applies. Stripped morphs, textures, add on items, and things created by the purchaser (such as clothing) are theirs to do with as they wish - sale or give away (you'll notice there are some "freebie" items as addons to store items in the Freestuff) But, you can't make money directly from the model itself without author agreement.