amer abidi Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Would selling this 3D model be considered infringement of intellectual property rights of the respective beer companies (even if i modeled it and drew up the textures)? [ATTACH]33199[/ATTACH] are all these models illegitimate? http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm?id=221668 http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3ds-max-bottles-large/347196 http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm?id=349630 http://www.the3dstudio.com/product_details.aspx?id_product=34578 http://www.the3dstudio.com/product_details.aspx?id_product=74539 http://www.the3dstudio.com/product_details.aspx?id_product=31521 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clanger Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 As far as I understand it it would be copyright infringement but in the real world it's highly unlikely anyone would care it's free advertising after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic H Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 seriously who cares, just make it its arch viz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amer abidi Posted July 9, 2009 Author Share Posted July 9, 2009 seriously who cares, just make it its arch viz. Exactly! I had my web host contact me asking me to remove the labels off of these props!! wtf are we coming to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Exactly! I had my web host contact me asking me to remove the labels off of these props!! wtf are we coming to? You might as well share the name, just so we all know who to avoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic H Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 gah thats unbelievable to be picked up on something so insanely insignificant..... name and shame! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 You might as well share the name, just so we all know who to avoid. Exactly--free advertising goes both ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amer abidi Posted July 9, 2009 Author Share Posted July 9, 2009 Well, i objected to their claim, and they withdrew it, with an apology for inconveniencing me but no reason given to neither why they claimed it in the first place nor why they changed their mind. I feel its not right to shame them down, dont judge an entity by one person's actions is what i believe, and since no harm was done, im willing to just forget about this... but my question remains, is this really copyright infringement?! I mean i am not "stealing" the name, nor using it to sell products "acting" as if they were someone else's, nor am i demeaning them or anything like that.. I am merely representing. Is that really wrong? I mean if it is, where does this stop?? "intellectual property" is not as lame as using a name. or is it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agatsuma Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 I have a similar question concerning music for architectural videos. Does this music need to be cleared prior to web publication? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Yes, you need permission to use the music for web videos. Just the other day one of my friends was telling me about running afoul of Youtube policies with the soundtrack on videos he made for his workout group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Just the other day one of my friends was telling me about running afoul of Youtube policies with the soundtrack on videos he made for his workout group. Ah, the Jane Fonda Syndrome. Very dangerous. If we all think that using music without a license is an obvious 'no', why isn't the logo question just as obvious? But it isn't. The truth is its a big, smelly mess and nobody has the answer. And if they did, it would change from country-to-country and time to time anyway. One man's infringement is another man's free ad. It makes no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 A logo graphic is a copyrightable creative work. If you use an accurate reproduction of one, usually if the copyright owner complains he's got a legit case. Now, if there's a Coca Cola sign on a store and you take a photo of a street scene where the sign appears, Coca Cola doesn't have much of a case if they decide to complain. Copyright law is fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spooner04 Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 If I were guinness or boddingtons, I would demand you take it down too. How dare you put a guinness tap up with an amstel light and a fosters tap!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amer abidi Posted July 10, 2009 Author Share Posted July 10, 2009 If I were guinness or boddingtons, I would demand you take it down too. How dare you put a guinness tap up with an amstel light and a fosters tap!!! If you had seen the scene i used these in, you would have noticed i put them in a class of their own I have friends here who are dealers & distributers for these products, i mean they practically own these brands in this country.. if they knew about this, not only would they have encouraged it, but they would have also sponsored me to model and distribute the whole line! I take it there's no black or white when it comes to this... which kinda sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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