One thing I am suggesting is putting a EULA on every page of the model. Thanks for that info - its very helpful! Chris
On 10/16/08, Virginia Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Many of the designers state that the models are free only for > non-commercial use and resell/redistributing is not allowed. They may not > realize it, but that makes it illegal for someone to sell the model. Just as > illegal as it would be for a bought model. The designers need to contact the > FBI. They handle all illegal activity online. > > I know something about this because I am a writer, and pretty much all > forms of art from stories to songs to models carry the same laws of > copyright. When you create it, you own the copyright. Even if you give it to > people for free, you still control what people are allowed to do with it. > That is why I read the site carefully before downloading. I want to know if > I can give copies of models I like to friends, or if I need to give them the > URL to get their own. > > You can read about all this at the copyright office's website. It can be > hard to find, but it is under writers' and artists' rights. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Chris Gutzmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:35 PM > *Subject:* [Papermodels II 32113] Re: Pirates - again > > > Cat, > I am trying to find a way to help protect the independent designers in some > way. > > Hopefully most people understand that when i refer to copyright holders I > am referring to those that design models based on star trek, star wars etc > that would be held by someone other than the designer. I am aiming to offer > some form of additional protection to those that are offering their own > orignial designs. > > Do you have any suggestions that would allow me to make this a workable > solution? I posted this in hopes of coming up with something workable. > Thanks > Chris > > On 10/16/08, cat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> Chris Gutzmer wrote: >> > oops - forgot to add, I cannot do this with anything that may carry a >> > copyright... >> >> Then you can't do it at all. Everything, from the moment it leaves >> the >> brain and is committed to reality, be it a quick sketch on toilet paper >> or a digital dot is as fully protected by copyright as something by >> Bandai or Disney. In fact it is quite hard to find something not >> copyrighted since it must either be so old it is out of copyright or the >> creator/owner has formally abandoned copyright. >> >> cat >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com/>: Outbound message clean. >> >> Virus Database (VPS): 081015-0, 10/15/2008 >> Tested on: 10/16/2008 2:24:41 PM >> avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. >> >> >> >> >> > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
