pokeydots opened this issue on Jun 30, 2002 ยท 38 posts
wolf359 posted Mon, 01 July 2002 at 6:58 AM
Im trudging through these threads and reading all of the technical terms (CR2, derivitive vertices etc.) and i cant help but imagine how $$$long $$it would take a court of law to sort this out.
I dont know what DAZ will make as their "official position" on morphs spawned by the tailor. But i supect that there is little legal precedence for claiming total ownership of the shape of a "computer 3D object" you created.
step away from your computer for minute and look around the REAL physical world. imagine for moment that firearms maker Smith& Wesson decided they wanted the exclusive market on custom side hoslters for their pistols.
and anyone who took a Smith& Wesson pistol and placed it in a
wet mold to make a custom form fitting leather holster was somehow "stealing" a derivitive of their patented gun design.
what if Ferrari decided that "tailoring" and selling a custom vinyl car cover for their cars, was somehow "stealing"a derivitive of their patented car Body design.
at least Smith& Wesson and Ferrari would have millons of dollars to spend on lawyers in a wasted effort to stop the holster and vinyl car cover makers.
Does any one here think that DAZ has those resources??