Is this allowed ?
Author: GMM. Sure this is allowed. Feel free to use any Filter Forge textures and effects for any commercial purposes. Filter authors hold the copyright to the filter files proper (.ffxml files), while the copyright to the final images rendered in Filter Forge belongs to the end user.
Light version of FF and comercial FF filters
Author: Crapadilla. Control over copyright is pretty much a non-issue with FF, IMHO. Repeat: A non-issue!
In fact, I'm starting to feel this whole recent discussion is actually based on a non-issue. You want to retain control over your filters, then just don't upload them to the library....
Second Life "merchant" may have your textures
Author: StevieJ. Unfortunately, no matter how FF has "framed" the current EULA to "appear" that authors are just liscencing filter copyrights to FF, authors are actually "giving up" all copyright protection when they submit their filters to FF.....because once a filter is submitted to FF's filter library, they are stripped of all copyright protection under the "unrestricted ...
[Tiny Bugs] Filter Forge Copyright Info ~4 years old (Staff: Fixed)
Author: ScottMichaud. Swept through the application. Some bugs are significant, others not so much. This is one of the latter.
In Help -> About
"Copyright (C) 2006-2011 Filter Forge, Inc. All rights reserved." should be 2006-2015 to be consistent with website.
"All your filter are belong to someone else!"
... restrictions regarding using/selling "unmodified" renders"
No offense, but I don't think we are reading the same EULA :)
Even if it was stated like that without any other provisions to it.....you can't make the author the liscenced copyright holders to the preset images of their filters on one hand.....and then totally strip authors of all copyright protection by allowing complete unrestricted use by customers on the other hand. If this was the case before a court of law, the copyright ...
"All your filter are belong to someone else!"
Author: StevieJ. I better put this back ;) :D "StevieJ wrote:
We must form a united front against the barbarian horde of "heathen infidel copyright defiers" that threaten to quickly copy our presets and re-sell them as their own without any creative input to them.....or any royalties to us!!!
If users want to re-sell straight texture presets, then they'll have to buy the copyrights ...
Carl's Corner :)
... very old and it poor format. The reason that now, in 2008, the freebies are still so old, is that all the free images available on the web are currently being resold by opportunist who enters second life with a money goal. Most of those images are also copyrighted.
As a new user, seing all those beautifull textures which I though professional and copyright owned by who would sell them inworld as well as on SLX (which is the site where people advertise and sell their inworld creation), and having ...
We've launched the Filter Forge Gallery
... primary purpose of the Gallery (i.e. demonstrating what Filter Forge can do).
On the other hand, extra-small web resolutions sell quite well on microstock sites, so the absence of the watermark can potentially hurt these sales.
How about we allow a copyright notice in the bottom-left corner of the artwork (but no watermarks across the image)? Microstock agencies are very strict about copyrights, so a copyright notice should be a good thief deterrent.
Copyright Law (as opposed to myth)
Author: Kraellin. "Conniekat8 wrote:
Assumed or not, without it being more clearly defined in the EULA, various online marketplaces don't see texture sellers in violation of copyrights or EULA if they sell images made from presets. Without change in definition, filter authors don't have a leg to stand on if they wish to ask people to stop selling their textures."
i would think that's correct. the only thing this points ...
Is it ok to use Filter Forge filters from this site in ads?
Author: GMM. If you download filters from the Filter Library and render textures using these filters, the respective filter authors will own the copyright for the filter files, and the end user holds the copyright for the final images.
Please review this thread (http://www.filterforge.com/forum/read.php?FID=5&TID=977&MID=5154) for more details.
ok to use textures?
Author: Rawn (RawArt). geez are you guys so caught up in the eula stuff that you have to jump and disect any comment about copyrights.
Well, maybe this is something else that should be mentioned in the eula discussion thread.
But until then, it is pretty simple....this site is run by FF is the property of FF, as such, any images or code (which the images are) on this site ...
How will EULA effect usage?
Author: Carl. "Kraellin wrote:
but not copyright. they dont hold the copyright; the author does. thus,"
in there uela they sign it state it is to be original work of the vendor :?: - one can't hold renderosity in very high moral esteem, as well as the vendors, I just hope it comes back ...
Upcoming EULA changes, round 3
Author: Conniekat8. here, you can go comparing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_copyright_law
and
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
more specifically this part:
Section 106 of the 1976 Copyright Act generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to do and to authorize others to do the following:
To reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords;
...
Photo Editor to complement FF
... your effects, but some of these seem to use photo resources. For example, the "effect" stars 5 there on your effect browser seems to be a blatant upload of either the author's original work or somebody else's work. We got no idea if that's copyrighted or not.
So I grabbed a trial copy of the program just to see what's going on here and it seems like a bunch of effects heavily rely on photographs/pictures. Now ok, unlike FilterForge where EVERYTHING is generated internally in the program,...
Copyright Law (as opposed to myth)
... 'tangible', i was trying to point out that presets are in a tangible form. the filter itself is in a tangible form, but anything not yet rendered by a given filter is NOT in a tangible form yet. and i would therefore assume that all presets are already copyrighted by the authors. therefore, their presets of their filters would need no further copyright protection."
Assumed or not, without it being more clearly defined in the EULA, various online marketplaces don't see texture sellers in violation ...
Upcoming EULA changes, round 3
Author: StevieJ. Revised..... ;)
"StevieJ wrote:
I was wondering what you thought about my idea for FF to sell "image result" copyright texture packages seperately from the program??? I believe that this would help diffuse the texture "hijackings" on top of implementing the new EULA.....
I was also thinking that FF and authors would jointly benefit from some kind ...
Upcoming EULA changes, round 3
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Actually what I read there matches what I have to deal with at work a lot more then what you are saying here, so you'll have to forgive me if I take that write-up as closer to the truth then what you're explaining.
See, I have to deal with copyrights at work, so I know a tad about them. Enough to know whether to buy into your opinions or not. Contrary to what you're trying to make it look like, I didn't just learn basics about copyrights yesterday, from wikipedia.
What exactly are your ...
Our Private Filter Library
... EP's within the last week and several HU's and a couple that look good that just havent been in there long enough yet.
however, i do like the idea of an 'author's library/website'.
"Redcap wrote:
Unlike FF website though, these filters are copyrighted, meaning no editing of the filter (unless with concent to use it to guide the creation of another filter), absolutley no submitting to Filter Forges website, no direct resail of any renders. We would use the filters as they were intended to ...
