Tucan-Tiki opened this issue on Mar 19, 2005 ยท 20 posts
Tucan-Tiki posted Sat, 19 March 2005 at 12:27 AM
Just wondering if anyone had a chance to play around with the new Gremlin, He is alot of fun now that he has new morphs and stuff
Tucan-Tiki posted Sat, 19 March 2005 at 1:28 AM
Tucan-Tiki posted Sat, 19 March 2005 at 1:39 AM
elizabyte posted Sat, 19 March 2005 at 2:40 AM
Uhmmm... what new gremlin? From where? bonni
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AlteredKitty posted Sat, 19 March 2005 at 4:44 AM
Bonni: The old DAZ gremlin has been updated. Very quietly I might add... ali x
elizabyte posted Sat, 19 March 2005 at 4:52 AM
Really? Well, that was... quiet. :-) Hmm. Interesting. Looks a bit more useful than the previous version. bonni
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xantor posted Sat, 19 March 2005 at 4:56 AM
So daz only use selective copyright laws?
Marque posted Sat, 19 March 2005 at 6:56 AM
Wonder why they didn't advertise it? Hate to buy it again for just a few new things. I don't think their copyright laws apply to this, I believe they did it in-house didn't they? Marque
Marque posted Sat, 19 March 2005 at 6:59 AM
Yup just checked, says it's a Daz original. Would be cool to have a female gremlin though...lol Marque
xantor posted Sat, 19 March 2005 at 7:17 AM
It`s not where they did it, it is a gremlin from the film.
geoegress posted Sat, 19 March 2005 at 8:35 AM
goose and ganders must live by different rules. this thread, BY renderosity rules should be moved to the copyright infringement forum! LOL- it's even against the rules to POST a pic of it on this site.
Gareee posted Sat, 19 March 2005 at 9:14 AM
Actually, his appearance can vary depending on what morphs are applied. His default settings are his mean old self. I did the morph additions for him, and added some body part scaling as well.
Way too many people take way too many things way too seriously.
uncoeur posted Sat, 19 March 2005 at 10:38 AM
funny... I dont see how this looks anything like the gremlins from the movie...
besides... werent the monchichis a copyright infringement of the mogwai from "Gremlins"?
(oops I think I just dated myself)
anyway... unfortunately (and I know this from the music/production industry) a copyright infringement can only be claimed if the product matches a certain amount of features.
It can still be a little bit different and not be a copyright infringement. That's why people can steal beats COUGHVANILLAICECOUGH and still come out smelling like a rose.
It's a fine line, but if you walk it close enough... there is no copyright infringement.
The gremline model - remember was a physical puppet... noone has made it a virtual puppet before. maybe this is where DAZ can do what they did with it.
Gremlin is also not termed as "a star of a movie made by blah bla blah."
it is an actual word:
(from dictionary.com)
This could be why they can use the name - because it is an actual word... you can't trademark a word.
Hope this helps a little ^_^.
xantor posted Sat, 19 March 2005 at 11:05 AM
I know the word isnt copyrighted, I suppose it does look different enough, but if someone made a character similar to a daz figure they wouldnt be happy with it.
Gareee posted Sat, 19 March 2005 at 11:29 AM
Well, Xantor, then you could also say the Power Pixie looks like a gremlin as well, since many of the same type of morphs are in that character as well.
Way too many people take way too many things way too seriously.
jip posted Sat, 19 March 2005 at 12:26 PM
"besides... werent the monchichis a copyright infringement of the mogwai from "Gremlins"? (oops I think I just dated myself)" Not just did you date yourself, The Monchichis were around long before Mogwai
uncoeur posted Sat, 19 March 2005 at 10:36 PM
hehe... wow... I need a brain overhaul...
then I suppose the mogwais were a copyright infringement... lol not that the creators of the monchichi's could have fought that battle...
i could have something copyrighted and microsoft has enough power to override that... unfortunately... if you have a good enough lawyer - anythings possible... look at OJ Simpson.
Message edited on: 03/19/2005 22:37
xantor posted Sun, 20 March 2005 at 12:25 AM
What is a monchichi?
FWTempest posted Sun, 20 March 2005 at 1:02 AM
OMG... I've got that old monchichi commercial jingle going through my head... hasn't been there in ages... thanks a bunch... ;o) xantor, google is your friend :o)
elizabyte posted Sun, 20 March 2005 at 1:48 AM
OMG... I've got that old monchichi commercial jingle going through my head... Me, too. Ugh. At least I know I'm not the only one! LOL! bonni
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