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Subject: The Daz/Poser Pros Merger - To PP or Not to PP

kjlintner opened this issue on Jul 23, 2002 ยท 35 posts


eirian posted Wed, 24 July 2002 at 12:07 PM

Daz never was attempting to demand the rights to anything created in poser or even clothing created for their characters. They had the right to protect their morphs with the bodysuits. No more, no less.<<< That was the intent. I do recognise that. But it's not what was said, and the language used in DAZ's further clarifications does nothing to change that. I totally support DAZ's right to protect their own copyright. As I see it, though, conceding that they have the right to stop people making clothing morphs - regardless of whether it's "just" for the bodysuits, and regardless of the method used to make the morphs - is setting a precedent that kills the free market that puts Poser where it is. (Clumsy sentence there. Sorry.) The idea of encoding files so someone has to own a DAZ model before they can use the clothing...that's anti-competition. What about using Victoria clothing on VinaD? DAZ's "acceptable use" precludes that. Or puts those who would like a clothed Vina into the same bag as warez kitties...and that's neither right nor fair. DAZ is a successful company because so many people develop add-ons for their products. Now they're saying people can only do so if they follow a certain set of rules. But you cannot do that, retroactively. Whatever the honourable intent, something is lost here. It's called respect.