Chaosophia opened this issue on Apr 28, 2013 · 29 posts
Joe@HFG posted Sun, 28 April 2013 at 3:39 PM
Quote - well if the person didn't read the EULA, yeah I can see where it would be their "Bad". But if the content isn't leaving the place to create the model, how is that theft
I think you confused two different issues.
I consider the practice of "Wor for Hire" to be "Theft by Contract". When you work for a company YOUR creativity legally becomes the property of the legal non-entinty that is the company you work for. You are basically coerced into signing the contract since the alternative is their hiring some one else. You ussually lose both accreditation as well as any fututre finacial gain from your creative concepts I cdon't think Copyright should EVER be transferable. But since art is such a competitive market at the commercial level, and multi-billion dollar corpatation can legally outgun any individual, that's just the way it is until society decides to value indivudual creativity over corporate profit.
The EULA discussion is a different form of contract. Realistically DAZ doesn't have the financial resources to go after inidivuadals using their creative products for one off pieces of art, or even the kind of low manufacting production that 3D printing provides. You could probably print out some limited one offs or unique pieces of art using DAZ products you purchased without issue. But if you reach a certain undetermined number, I'm sure they will legally address use of thier product as explicitly denied in their eula. Most likely with a cease and deist order. If you took a 3D file that used DAZ content to a commercial 3D print service to have something made for your self, it should be fine. Even a commisioned work of art should slip through the cracks. But if you want to make 1000 copies and sell them, you might be in trouble.
If that 3D Print service kept the files you provided and offered to print them for other people, they would have a problem.
mo·nop·o·ly [muh-nop-uh-lee]
noun, plural mo·nop·o·lies.
1. exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market,
or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices