Blackhearted opened this issue on Oct 13, 2001 ยท 177 posts
STORM3 posted Sat, 13 October 2001 at 6:53 PM
I tend to agree with most of the comments above about giving credit on every item used in a work. Apart from everything else it raises logistical problems. However, a very interesting legal point is raised by this issue and one which all should consider. When we buy a commercial product we do not OWN the product, but are licenced to use it. (If we owned the product we would have re-distribution rights) The licence is issued to a named person or company. If that name is false, an alias or different to the person using the texture or software product, the matter could technically be subject to legal action even if the person really did pay for it. It would be a matter for a court, but I think a court might consider an alias to be a technical licence breech. I am not trying to start a row or debate on this but I think it might be worth looking into. STORM