"All your filter are belong to someone else!"
... everyone in the credits of this theoretical book, so it's just the having to get permission part that seems a bit odd in this case. "
Not so odd. Go to a hardware store or to a fabric store, and look at the wallpapers or textiles. You'll see copyright holder names on the back or some other spot of walpaper pattern books. On textiles, you'll see the same along one edge of the fabric.
Same with scrapbooking paper, the copyright holder is mentioned. Christmas wrapping paper too. If someone ...
Proposed changes in copyright law
... (http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=Columns&article_no=3605&page=1) was posted at my sign forum. I find it to be very disturbing and am posting it here for discussion and for the benefit of anyone not aware of what the US Congress is considering doing to our copyright laws.
Photo Editor to complement FF
... rely on photographs/pictures. Now ok, unlike FilterForge where EVERYTHING is generated internally in the program, this program makes use of user submitted photographs to produce the effect...There's no way of verifying that the images used are 100% copyright free. ""
It is as you say and you have to be careful about using effects provided by the community which have embedded images. (I have the suspicion that the most prolific "community" contributors are actually company ...
Upcoming EULA changes, round two
... Definitions. Secondary Results being more commonly known as 'presets', plus their defined sub definitions, including renders thereof.
Those distribution restrictions are waived, as defined in 4.3. Exceptions, in the case of the Author (who is also the copyright owner) of the filter from which those Secondary Results originated. With that waiver, comes not only unrestricted distribution rights for that Author to distribute (or not) in any way they see fit, but also the original Author becomes the Licensor* ...
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.
How can i use filter forge textures
....nevermind....."
hehe ;) :)
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derKai wrote:
would like to use some textures (e.g. the low resolution ones everybody can see on the website)."
"Carl wrote:
lifting samples images from threads and website is a breach of copyright, also copyright is held by the author on any image or filter in threads until it is uploaded to the library where the auther gives FF all rights ..."
Yep, IANAL but.....This would be the same as say...Going to a photo selling site and ...
"All your filter are belong to someone else!"
... his 3 HU's and demonstrates competency, then gets invited into the association. from there, he starts to limit his uploads to the library (based on his own whims, of course) and lets the association start handling his sales. the filters stay with the copyright holders and the distribution gets covered by the association. authors rights are then more or less protected, at least somewhat. filters and presets might actually have to be submitted to the copyright office for full, legal coverage. so, i ...
Render Usage and License Terms
... Well, alas, "the general consensus" isn't really good enough when it comes to defending yourself against an infringement claim.
To be sure, filter authors probably wouldn't have a hope in hell of getting any attorney to represent them in a copyright case for a million different reasons, but the main one being that you can't copyright a design in the US (and most signatories to the Berne Convention) unless you apply for it (it's not automatic, the way it is with other types of IP), so unless ...
Be able to import AND EMBED images inside the filter and submit to FF
Author: SpaceRay. "GMM wrote:
CFandM is right: Filter Forge won't have an easy way to embed images due to copyright reasons."
OK that copyright could be a problem, but it cold be put some rules to NOT use any kind of brands, or famous persons, or other copyrighted things.
And also surely the embedded image will be transformed and changed, OR if ...
"All your filter are belong to someone else!"
... download a filter and change it slightly and then submit it here as your own but you can sell it elsewhere without any mods to it at all. What a pity."
That's a excellent point!!! It wouldn't be very good for appearances if FF protects author's copyrights in filter submissions......and then completey abandons all copyright protection to make sales :(
"All your filter are belong to someone else!"
... Conniekat8. "Sjeiti wrote:
Just wondering, has anybody already tried to contact [Removed by moderator]? I just dropped him a note kindly asking to either remove the Quilts pack or put it up for free and change the readme (in which he claims to hold copyright).
Let's see what happens... "
Oh, very good! I'm glad you did that. Please do tell us what the outcome was.
I was tempted to contact [Removed by moderator] myself, but since none of the filters were mine, I didn't think I had a leg ...
Ask your questions about Ultraforge!
Author: ALZHEM. "Vladimir Golovin wrote:
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Kaleiope wrote:
Is using Stable Diffusion, which is being sued for copyright infringement, for stealin thousands of artworks from thousands of artists, wise?"
So excited with Ultraforge!!! Kudos to the team!
About the Stable Diffusion question, I can offer some personal opinions.
Legally, the last thing I've read ...
Copyright Infringement?
Author: jffe. If you really want any protection at all, go to law school and become a lawyer, cause unless you got the money to hire one then you ain't play any copyright games with the grown ups anyways. Such a tired subject, you can do anything you want with the FF textures, anything short of claiming your own copyright on them obviously.
jffe
"All your filter are belong to someone else!"
Author: StevieJ. "Genie wrote:
In 90 % of cases , when there are copyrighted presets, they are sold as a presets product, and not the presents that come with a program. "
The difference is that filters authors here are the driving force behind this program.....and I think FF realizes that they need to provide ...
"All your filter are belong to someone else!"
Author: Genie. I agree StevieJ, clarity is what we all need!
Connie, I was talking about the current EULA, and this should be relevant in the new revised one.
In 90 % of cases , when there are copyrighted presets, they are sold as a presets product, and not the presents that come with a program.
"Proposed changes don't read to me that you could make only slight changes to the preset or to the filter and avoid the copyright obligations ...
"All your filter are belong to someone else!"
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original creator to submit to the site because they like making money. "
Good points Frank and JEff!
Jeff, your'e onto something here :). It can cause an interesting situation where the first seller (instead of a filter maker) could claim copyright on the images.
Person "A" makes a filter and some presets.
Person "B" downloads it, renders out presets, and proceeds to sell them at an online marketplace, and claims copyright on the images.
Person "A" ...
Copyright Question...Sorry if this is redundant.
Author: jlapeze. Hi Kraellin - thanks for your response. I guess it's this language in the TOU that is tripping me up a bit. I worked for many years in Copyright Licensing for music and intellectual properties, so I'm a bit wary to just assume. I'm hoping that there is some language somewhere that expressly states that a commercial use is ok.
"Intellectual Property
Copyright, trademark and ...
"All your filter are belong to someone else!"
... coat-tails of authors here by quickly copying and re-selling straight texture presets without a stitch of creative input on them.....
From FF's perspective, I think it is a very smart business move for two reasons:
1) If users were given the copyrights to texture presets when they buy the program, then every Tom Dick and Harry could quickly copy all the texture presets and open online texture stores with them.....which would surely cut into the sales of this program and deter authors from ...
More questions on legal uses of FF output?
Author: Skybase. SpaceRay, I wrote this on the other thread, but just to make sure it's clarified:
"I have just made a list about this legal and copyright uses about Filter Forge "
It's not a legal issue pertaining to copyright since the original question regards the output, not the filter itself. It's an ethical and moral issue. Those links you provided are basically our past discussions ...
Upcoming EULA changes, round 3
... links to filters with permission to resell. Maintaining such a list is way easier than implementing the actual Dual Library, and can be done by the community. "
That makes sense.....let authors have full responsibility for managing and protecting copyright restrictions on their own filters.....so there is no "draw" on your energy away from the program..... ;)
In the event that authors find copyright violations on other sites, I would suggest giving authors a cut-and-paste legal ...
