pokeydots opened this issue on Jun 30, 2002 ยท 38 posts
scifiguy posted Mon, 01 July 2002 at 3:49 AM
"A few people seem to be upset because DAZ is selling a morphed catsuit on their site. Well, that IS their right. It IS their mesh."
No one ever said it wasn't. Daz is welcome to make and sell any product they please and more power to them.
The reason that is an issue is because it seems pretty hypocritical to say the reason Mike's suit can't be morphed by others (by any means apparently) and other clothes can is because it can be used to replace the body of Mike1 and "circumvent" the need for Mike2. However, they do not require proof of purchase of Mike2 to buy their morphing body suit so the credibility of this position seems pretty flimsy. I mean come on...if this would actually affect sales of Mike2 why would they make one available from their site and let just anyone buy it? That makes zero business sense, so they are either some of the worst business people ever or its a red herring argument. Vicki's morphing suit has been out for ages. How many catsuited Vicki's do you see in the gallery? Who here thinks Vicki's sales have ever suffered one iota because of her morphing catsuit? So where is the evidence that Mike's body suit will have this affect?
IMHO the goal here is what they have already stated...they want approval rights of all products that can fit over their morphed figures. I don't know their actual reason for wanting that, I just know they've said they want it. As thip states, this seems like they could even extend that to any clothing, not just morphed ones. So Daz needs to spell out exactly what they want, and I don't think "so submit everything to use and we will exercise veto rights as we see fit" is going to make too many folks think highly of them.
BTW: anyone who thinks Tailor morphs are copies of the Mil2 morphs must not have used it. If there's one thing I know its what Tailor can and cannot do. The morphs it makes are NEVER the exact same and ALWAYS need tweaking to work well--if they work in a usable manner at all--and that includes the ones it makes in the body suits.