The first contention from the article that I disagree with the most strongly is that Poses are the property of Curious Labs. This is ridiculous! The article's argument is that there is a limited number of poses for any given figure, therefore a pose is copyrightable. Well gee, there is a limited nubmer of keystroke combinations on a keyboard, but nobody owns what I type but me. There are a limited number of colors displayable on a computer screen, but noone owns the colors. So if someone poses a figure sitting, that sitting pose now belongs to Curious labs, and nobody can sit in that position. If the author meant to say that Curious labs owns the format of the pose file, that is one thing. but you can't own a pose, no more than you can own a constellation. What if someone creates the exact same pose in another character animation package? Is CL going to sue?

The second Assertion made in the article that I don't agree with concerns Lighting. Again it is said that CL owns the light settings. Hogwash I say! Remember what I said about colors? Red, Green, Blue. Intensity. Falloff. All used in about 2000 other applications. Can not be copyrighted.
I would think that Merchants that sell pose sets or light sets would be very interested in this. Please leave your comments. I hope this sparks a calm rational discussion. And if opposing arguments can be made, I would love to hear them. Thank you.