Comments on: Art Resources - Commercial vs. NonCommercial Usage http://x.superbadgirl.com/blog/archives/1923 my defect is a propensity to hate everybody. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:23:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Heidi http://x.superbadgirl.com/blog/archives/1923/comment-page-1#comment-3476 Heidi Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:32:00 +0000 http://x.superbadgirl.com/blog/?p=1923#comment-3476 It's actually worse than that. The product in question was an RDNA commercial store product sold as a merchant resource. The PA is exclusive at DAZ now, though. My friend got the product for free, and asked the vendor to give her written permission to use it as a character resource without having to purchase it. Which she did. Then later the vendor claimed that her TOU were being violated, because my friend was using the base to create free characters. I have a copy of the original readme, and it has no restrictions beyond what a normal character resource would have. Not one word about no free characters. (Yeah, I was actually mad enough when I heard all this to go look up the product readme. LOL.) So far that I know of, this vendor has tried to get my friend thrown out of two different stores for copyright infringement over it. It didn't work either time, so now she's spreading lies about her around the vendor community. Real nice person, huh? It’s actually worse than that. The product in question was an RDNA commercial store product sold as a merchant resource. The PA is exclusive at DAZ now, though. My friend got the product for free, and asked the vendor to give her written permission to use it as a character resource without having to purchase it. Which she did.

Then later the vendor claimed that her TOU were being violated, because my friend was using the base to create free characters. I have a copy of the original readme, and it has no restrictions beyond what a normal character resource would have. Not one word about no free characters. (Yeah, I was actually mad enough when I heard all this to go look up the product readme. LOL.)

So far that I know of, this vendor has tried to get my friend thrown out of two different stores for copyright infringement over it. It didn’t work either time, so now she’s spreading lies about her around the vendor community. Real nice person, huh?

]]> By: SuperBadGirl http://x.superbadgirl.com/blog/archives/1923/comment-page-1#comment-3461 SuperBadGirl Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:18:18 +0000 http://x.superbadgirl.com/blog/?p=1923#comment-3461 Ooh, that sounds like a large mound of bullshit right there - but just like something DAZ would tolerate too. I just can't take a chance with NC freebies, am too disorganized. But freebies which start out as free-use and magically morph into NC... that's just ebil. Ooh, that sounds like a large mound of bullshit right there - but just like something DAZ would tolerate too.

I just can’t take a chance with NC freebies, am too disorganized. But freebies which start out as free-use and magically morph into NC… that’s just ebil.

]]> By: Heidi http://x.superbadgirl.com/blog/archives/1923/comment-page-1#comment-3457 Heidi Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:58:48 +0000 http://x.superbadgirl.com/blog/?p=1923#comment-3457 Speaking of resources, I also want to mention the distinct lack of ethics involved when a commercial resource creator changes her rules mid-stream. "I gave you specific, written permission to use these resources, and my original readme says nothing about" *insert term(s) of use here* "but now I say you can't and I'm going to tell everyone you're a thief" is NOT ok. This happened to a friend of mine, and is still happening AFAICT. The offender being a prominent PA at DAZ, from whom I will never again buy any product. She's going to change the rules retroactively, so for all I know, I'll have to face east and pray to her every time I want to use her work. Speaking of resources, I also want to mention the distinct lack of ethics involved when a commercial resource creator changes her rules mid-stream. “I gave you specific, written permission to use these resources, and my original readme says nothing about” *insert term(s) of use here* “but now I say you can’t and I’m going to tell everyone you’re a thief” is NOT ok. This happened to a friend of mine, and is still happening AFAICT. The offender being a prominent PA at DAZ, from whom I will never again buy any product. She’s going to change the rules retroactively, so for all I know, I’ll have to face east and pray to her every time I want to use her work.

]]> By: Heidi http://x.superbadgirl.com/blog/archives/1923/comment-page-1#comment-3456 Heidi Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:52:54 +0000 http://x.superbadgirl.com/blog/?p=1923#comment-3456 Yes. What you said. /nod I never download anything that says it's not for commercial use, or that it needs a link back, or gives any other conditions of use. I'm going to forget. Plain and simple. I used to download Photoshop brushes that said they required credit, figuring I'd credit the person in my read me file. But like you said, it ends up "where the hell did I get that, and what were the restrictions?" I went through a while ago and deleted all the ones I thought were suspect. :-( As for my own freebies, I don't think I have ever put in any commercial restrictions on purpose. So if anybody has anything of mine that says you can't use it in commercial renders, odds are really good that it's an oops. Yes. What you said. /nod I never download anything that says it’s not for commercial use, or that it needs a link back, or gives any other conditions of use. I’m going to forget. Plain and simple. I used to download Photoshop brushes that said they required credit, figuring I’d credit the person in my read me file. But like you said, it ends up “where the hell did I get that, and what were the restrictions?” I went through a while ago and deleted all the ones I thought were suspect. :-(

As for my own freebies, I don’t think I have ever put in any commercial restrictions on purpose. So if anybody has anything of mine that says you can’t use it in commercial renders, odds are really good that it’s an oops.

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