JQP opened this issue on Aug 16, 2012 · 81 posts
JQP posted Fri, 17 August 2012 at 5:03 PM
I found two DAZ threads in the new forum:
Celebrity Look-a-Likes for 3D figures
http://www.daz3d.com/forums/viewthread/4819/
3D Celebrity Portraits
http://www.daz3d.com/forums/viewthread/2721/#34810
What's really funny about this to me is in a thread, back before DAZ nuked their own forum like geniuses ("Hey, since we're never going to release documentation for DAZ Studio, I figured we should double down and nuke our own forum, too!" "Great idea Bob, let's do it! USA! USA! USA!"), I told all the people showing off their likeness morphs and not sharing them that they were being selfish. They responded to me with legalese about liability concerns. What a load of garbage, lol. DAZ and Rendo can sell tons of "wink-wink" likenesses for profit without getting sued, but giving away freebies will put blood in the water and bring all the Hollywood sharks? Gimme a break. This is aside from the warehouse worth of products (clothes, scenes, vehicles, weapons, etc.) that rip off designs from movies, comics, paintings, illustrations, etc. Just admit you're stingy already, guys. The sun will still come up tomorrow, I promise.
The funny part is how none of the self-deceiving faux lawyers had word one to say about any of the commercial likenesses. They forget all about the arguments as soon as they're done fig-leafing their own stinginess.