Do I Own What I Create In Daz?

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• mjc1016 Posts: 15,001

  October 2012 edited December 1969

  With few exceptions, the content from DAZ can be used for making personal or commercial renders...so, basically, yes, the images you make are yours, no other royalties needed. Basic rule of thumb...if it does not involve passing on the mesh/textures/other 'base' material in a way that can be reused as the original, (a rendered image generally qualifies) then it's yours.

  Now with content from other stores or free content provided by others, the ReadMe/EULA/TOS applies and varies widely.

  As to video games...there are separate licenses for that and they only cover select content.
• eternum00 Posts: 0

  October 2012 edited December 1969

  Thank you for the quick response.
• Chohole Posts: 33,604

  October 2012 edited December 1969

  Most definitely in the EULA, you need to study it a bit more thoroughly.
  
  I quote a couple of the clauses
  
  you may copy, distribute, and/or sell your animations and renderings derived from the 3-D Model(
  
  User shall not give, sell, rent, lease, sublicense, or otherwise transfer or dispose of the 3-D Model(s) on a temporary or permanent basis without the prior written consent of DAZ3D. DAZ3D'S 3-D Model(s) and/or contracts are non-transferable and shall only be used by the Licensed User. User may not reverse engineer, de-compile, disassemble, or create derivative works from the 3-D Model(s). These restrictions do not pertain to rendered images or pre-rendered animations.
  
  So you can make renders or animations and distribute or sell them, but you are not allowed to distribute the model itself, in any form.
  
  You are allowed to use the models, you do not own them. Renders of them are yours to do what you wish with.
• pwiecek Posts: 1,538

  October 2012 edited December 1969

  A lot of the time, when you cannot use something commercially, it is due to trademark rather than copyright.

  Suppose, for instance, that you produce a strip using a cute little pixie with a green & yellow color scheme. You own the copyright to the artwork, but you have used a trademarked character. The company that owns the trademark MAY ignore you as long as you're not using it commercially, but if you try to make any money they're going to come after you.
• DAZ_bfurner Posts: 62

  October 2012 edited December 1969

  We see our customers using the content sold on our site for commercial use. Graphic Novels, commercial illustrations, animations, movies, hobby work, book covers etc, etc, etc, Not a problem, no royalties needed. You create the artwork it is yours. Our vendors who sell on our site have agreed to the EULA End User License Agreement.
• Richard Haseltine Posts: 96,822

  October 2012 edited December 1969

  One thing you should remember is that you have a non-exclusive license to use the content; no-one else may copy your artwork, and in the case of a graphic novel the plot, dialogue and names would be absolutely yours, but another artist would be able to use the same elements in their own work as long as they didn't take your character names or plots. Of course any customisation you added to the original content (emblems on clothes for example) would not be fair game.
• tonykidd237_12ede28951 Posts: 0

  October 2012 edited December 1969

  How does this apply to 3D printing? For example: I make a base for a new figure using morphs; export it out and edit in another software package; model a costume and accessories to make a unique character; decimate it and then send it off to the casting company with the end result being the creation of a real-world miniature sculpture for sale.

  I know technically part of the data being sent off is still a derivative of the Genesis figure owned by Daz even if the head and hands were the only things from the original mesh. However, the physical 3D print figure is the thing being sold, not parts of the genesis figure.

  The data would need to be sent to a 3rd party as I don't believe most independents will have the resources to do their own casting. Does this violate the EULA because you are distributing a form of data?
• BlackFeather1973 Posts: 739

  October 2012 edited December 1969

  chohole said:

  Most definitely in the EULA, you need to study it a bit more thoroughly.
  
  I quote a couple of the clauses
  
  you may copy, distribute, and/or sell your animations and renderings derived from the 3-D Model(
  
  User shall not give, sell, rent, lease, sublicense, or otherwise transfer or dispose of the 3-D Model(s) on a temporary or permanent basis without the prior written consent of DAZ3D. DAZ3D'S 3-D Model(s) and/or contracts are non-transferable and shall only be used by the Licensed User. User may not reverse engineer, de-compile, disassemble, or create derivative works from the 3-D Model(s). These restrictions do not pertain to rendered images or pre-rendered animations.

  
  
  So you can make renders or animations and distribute or sell them, but you are not allowed to distribute the model itself, in any form.
  
  You are allowed to use the models, you do not own them. Renders of them are yours to do what you wish with.

  Only renders and animations allowed. You can get a license from Daz to use their meshes in games, maybe this license will cover your case as well ?
• eternum00 Posts: 0

  October 2012 edited December 1969

  Thx to everyone who made this clearer for me.