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Subject: Is Buffy:TVS legitimate?


Gem_719 ( ) posted Thu, 18 October 2001 at 1:37 PM · edited Sat, 09 November 2024 at 8:31 PM

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I have developed a Buffy: The Vampire Slayer character for Victoria and was wondering about the legitimacy of offering it up for sale in the Marketplace. Can I do this as long as I don't use the character's actual name? I thought of just calling her "The Slayer" with slightly oblique references to the show.


PhilC ( ) posted Thu, 18 October 2001 at 2:13 PM

I reckon you could call her Biffy the Camp Fire Player and we'd still know who you were talking about. First class likeness I must say.... to Biffy that is ;)

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leather-guy ( ) posted Thu, 18 October 2001 at 2:46 PM

Oooohhhh, Excellent! Perhaps, ... the Buff fighter? G Does the similarity hold up when she smiles or snarls? I WANT it! (now if there was a good Willow with realistic smile & worry morphs.... )


Cin- ( ) posted Thu, 18 October 2001 at 2:48 PM

HAHAHAHAHAHA... Biffy The Camp Fire Player my co-workers think I'm insane now... and I've spit pepsi all over my monitor... but that was just the funniest thing I've heard all day... okay, I'll shut up now. K-


pokeydots ( ) posted Thu, 18 October 2001 at 2:48 PM

You did a great job on her :)

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kiru ( ) posted Thu, 18 October 2001 at 3:03 PM

Not bad. She has two small divots on the end of her nose (and yes my knowing that is perfectly healthy and normal) and I feel like her cheekies are a little more rounded


praxis22 ( ) posted Thu, 18 October 2001 at 3:55 PM

No, it's neither healthy or normal... :P later jb


Cybermonk ( ) posted Thu, 18 October 2001 at 5:30 PM

An excellent likeness. Way cool!!!

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lmckenzie ( ) posted Thu, 18 October 2001 at 7:57 PM

'Best likeness of a 'real' character I've seen. Please do more. Hope they're not too expensive, I'd get them all.

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rasputina ( ) posted Thu, 18 October 2001 at 9:12 PM

oh it is so beautiful, in my gallery I tried using one of sirroco's textures to make SMG in Buffy mode. I love this, really really nice likeness, especially with the eyes and mouth. I'd be keen on buying the texture....really would dig a Faith (although Alex by magnet is shaping up nicely in some of my poser attempts) and Kendra nudge, nudge :)


Photopium ( ) posted Thu, 18 October 2001 at 9:17 PM

Wow, that is really much better then any attempts I've ever done...I certainly am impressed! I don't believe, in the long run, that any sort of celebrity likeness can/should be sold without their consent...could get legally messy for all involved. However, I do believe you may have the greatest freestuff morph of all time on your hands. -WTB


soulhuntre ( ) posted Thu, 18 October 2001 at 9:34 PM

Actually, I think that celebrity likenesses CAN be sold... there is some loss of protection when you are a "public figure". I am not sure though :)


leather-guy ( ) posted Thu, 18 October 2001 at 9:40 PM

You wouldn't be able to refer to them by name, or the name of a licensed character. You'd have to rely on the resemblance itself to sell it.


BladeWolf ( ) posted Thu, 18 October 2001 at 10:37 PM

Cools :) looks great... I'd call her the Hollywood Bimbo Fake Vampire Killer :) That's just me... you want good vampire stuff, check out White Wolf's Vampire: The Masquerade, where REAL Vamps live :)


Thorgrim ( ) posted Thu, 18 October 2001 at 11:52 PM

This is an amazing likeness. I agree no matter what you call her everyone will know who she is.


willf ( ) posted Fri, 19 October 2001 at 12:31 AM

"Public Figures" are almost always "elected" people & not actors (hum???). Actors & private individuals "own" their "Name & Likeness". Actors earn a living based name & face (& not much else). You can't go wrong with a look-alike under a different name though.


Cheryle ( ) posted Fri, 19 October 2001 at 1:09 AM

heck i would buy it just for the texture! i like the way she has blonde eyebrows to match her blond hair and is fair skinned! great job!


Photopium ( ) posted Fri, 19 October 2001 at 1:49 AM

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I thought it would be fun and self-serving to drag out my old Buffy morphs and show them here for contrast/comparison. However, due to crash I lost most of my improvements since the posting of "Very Vicky" in freestuff. So, I spent a couple of hours tweaking and re-tweaking for fun and here are the results. I think it would be interesting to have both morphs on one cr2 and see what happens when both are set to .5 Between the two of us, I'd say we'd get her absolutely perfect. -WTB


Roy G ( ) posted Fri, 19 October 2001 at 3:14 AM

I wonder if it would be safe to say, ?It?s not Buffy, it just looks like her.?


Anthony Appleyard ( ) posted Fri, 19 October 2001 at 6:25 AM

Many people would call the model "Looks like Buffy the Vampire Slayer".


Jim Burton ( ) posted Fri, 19 October 2001 at 6:59 AM

A lot of stuff is offered/sold as "Looks like ...", I don't see how anybody could complain about that. Great job, BTW!


rasputina ( ) posted Fri, 19 October 2001 at 10:34 AM

it is true about the "Looks like.." and it is certainly a wonderful texture.


Darian ( ) posted Fri, 19 October 2001 at 12:31 PM

William: Awesome. Would you consider making the morphs available as a freebie? Thanx.


Photopium ( ) posted Fri, 19 October 2001 at 12:37 PM

Darian: Absolutey. My stuff is all free, all the time (though there's not a lot of it) I will work on getting her all bundled up later this evening. -WTB


Photopium ( ) posted Fri, 19 October 2001 at 4:44 PM

It's all packed up, tested, and ready to go. Just gotta figure out who's hosting my stuff these days. Had it all sorted out before the crash. Amazing all the things you lose when your drive persihes. -WTB


scifiguy ( ) posted Sat, 20 October 2001 at 10:43 PM

I would truly love a Buffy character myself, but I hope you will think hard about it. This is not a legally protected parody, which is the only protection you have. Calling it a similar name doesn't make it parody. This is a likeness of the character and actress. If you even suggest that this character is related to BTVS or to the actress (as you already have by posting in this publically accessible forum BTW), you are basically admitting it was your intent to infringe. Sarah does own her own likeness, but even more important is the company behind Buffy. They are likely to be very protective of a character from a TV show that is heavily marketed towards teenage girls. If renders of your character in less than demure poses (ahem) start showing up on the web and they track them back to a figure you are profiting from, they will have no trouble at all stomping you into the ground with their endless lawyers. If you didn't sell it, compliance with a "cease and desist" would probably (maybe) get you out of it. But making money from their character...well, they love to make examples of people to discourage others from doing the same thing (ask any of the many websites that have been shut down for posting art work, or midi files, or take your pick). I would also like to suggest that everyone consider it this way: Would you put Michael or Victoria up on your site for download? Or would you respect Daz's copyright on those characters? Do you think it would would make a difference to Daz if you were selling them or giving them away? And does it make a difference to you that the character is copyrighted to a movie studio or TV show instead of a software company? If you owned Buffy, would you think it was OK? Just wanted to throw that out there to be sure you chew on it again before you go ahead with whatever you want to do ;) Really, I'm not saying don't do it if you want to..you can do whatever you want to do.


Photopium ( ) posted Sat, 20 October 2001 at 11:37 PM

scifiguy: If you really want her, as you say, she's in freestuff under BV2. Whether or not the likeness is good enough to hold up in court I suppose is probably open to debate. -WTB


scifiguy ( ) posted Sun, 21 October 2001 at 3:48 AM

You won't get a debate from me. I wouldn't have needed anyone to tell me who it was for either version! And I think you're right that if you could merge the two it would be pretty much flawless, as is Sarah (sigh). I sometimes tend to rant about these things because of friends who got hammered over fan stuff they did on their web sites. Now I worry about people leaping before they look ;)


praxis22 ( ) posted Mon, 22 October 2001 at 12:54 PM

Hi, Flawless? I think not.... I've got mates that rave about her, but having watched the show, and seen her interviewed on Leno, etc. I'm of the opinion that both Charisma Carpenter and Alison Hannigan are better looking, (though given the choice I'd go for the red head :) Still, ech to his own I guess. Nice images though! later jb


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