New peggy hairs. They doesn't replace anything
Writin_Reg:
H Wes - don't you have a automatic copyright on your tools, seeing it's a written program before it is a tool? I don't know the laws everywhere, but any written word - even if it's never left your desk, is protected for 75 years under copywrite protection laws - at least in the USA. Once a product is published and it does not matter whether or not you publish it or a publishing company does, you very much have a leg to stand on. If your rules regarding use of your work are not adhered to you can order her to cease and desist any further use of said tool/product. You simply need to confront the "thief" - either an open letter or a personal letter demanding she adhere to your rule of distribution or remove the item that was made using your tool from her site.
Unlike the product itself - which is considered art, the same copyright protections do not apply as her product is not a creation made solely of her own doing and hand, but a creation made possible by the use of other products. This is why it is hard for people to fight anyone supposedly "stealing" their Sims creations, as 1- technically EA already "owns" anything created for a Sim - they purchased ALL rights to actually own it to start with; and secondly because the tool she used to produce the product is also not her own creation - but it is yours. She actually is the only person in violation of any of the copyright laws. Even if EA never does anything about the "thief", you on the other hand still have your own rights because your tool is not based off of anything belonging to EA.
If it were me I'd be posting in her forum and telling her she violated your rules of distribution of products using your tool and that she must adhere to your rules or stop using your tools.
Plum:
Writin_Reg, you have not posted anything new. We know Wes has a legal right to his own program. He has stated he has no means to enforce it. What's she going to do if he orders her to cease and desist? She's going to ignore him, that's what.
A few PMBD members posted on her forum last night, stating that she violated Wes's license. Her response? She deleted everything and banned everyone, of course. She didn't ban me, so I PM'd her directly, then she banned me.
She doesn't care, dude.
Zaphod Beeblebrox:
What I find really damn amusing is that people are jumping on the Peggy bandwagon crying "Heresy!" because someone took one of her meshes from S2 and converted it for S3 (and it looks horrible). I roflcoptered lots when someone said that this would "ruin her business". Oh, the huge manatee!
Plum:
I responded to that but Peggy deleted it. >:o
I sent those people all a PM though.
wes_h:
I had the opportunity to think this all over before I decided to license it the way I did. I knew there would be violations, but I have a few ninja skills in the programming department. I can tell the difference between seeming identical meshes from the game and those produced with my plugins. Not spyware, there is nothing related to the user account or CPU, it is a construction method that is unique and subtle.
The meshes she produced and sells have no protection as original works, but her overall compilation, which includes some original artwork, does. I make this claim only for the two recent pay meshes, although her request not to copy the free ones is also invalid, as it is a redistribution restriction on the work product.
Of course, she can switch to Blender, or perhaps the new spyware ad-laden tool. Or she can continue to do what she is doing and perhaps someone else will "liberate" the meshes from their packages. I would bet they will work with some of the stock game textures.
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