MaxxArcher opened this issue on Aug 31, 2002 ยท 52 posts
Jack D. Kammerer posted Sun, 01 September 2002 at 4:57 PM
Errr... I hope that I am reading this wrong, but is this saying that all Poser file formats are restricted? If this is the case, then reading Subsection B & C AND D means that anything in the file format is copyrighted and owned by Curious Labs. Subsection D specifically states: "You can not sell, resell, distribute, cause to be distributed, or allow any portion of the Restricted Content to be distributed under any circumstances, via any public [I am assuming this means Renderosity, Rotica and any other online store] or private medium, without Company's prior written consent, a copy of which must be furnished with all Restricted Content distributed in accordance with this section. Barring such consent and you ongoing compliance with the terms of such consent, you may only use Restricted Content for your own use on your computer. You may, however, distribute rendered still or animated images derived from Restricted Content without restriction or royalty to Company, provided you do not violate the non-competition clause below" If this is the case, then allot of the vendors and Freestuff contributors are going to have a tough time with copyrights and distribution of their works. Because according to that paragraph, the vendor needs to contact Curious Labs and ask permission before the distribution of the product and Curious Labs can reject that product from being uploaded to any FreeStuff area or Store, particularly if it may conflict with Content Paradise or Curious Labs. Furthermore, later on, the use or sales of Restricted Content is further convoluted by Subsection J... No offense meant, and I am going to ask our attorney about this, but isn't the same thing as Microsoft saying that anything in a .DOC format is Microsoft's and therefore can not be copyrighted? Since Curious Labs is claiming ownership of the Restricted Content (PZ3s, FC2, CR2, PZ2.. etc). ALSO... none of these restrictions seem to be in the Poser 4 manual... so why the change??? Not very happy anymore, Jack