It seems to me that notification of copyright by using the symbol in text or
as part of a hallmark on the product should be enough to protect the artist.
The problem is that when most software programs open a CAD file , the user
has no idea as to the origin or if it is protected under any particular
jurisdiction.....
You will never be able to keep people from making copies of a design, it is
in the nature of man. What I would like to see is something on the order of
a warning on opening the file..... like on cigarettes......WARNING THIS
DESIGN IS PROTECTED UNDER US COPYRIGHT LAW, ARTIST NAME 2001......
Steven Adler CEO
Automated 3D Modeling
adler@a3dm.com
www.a3dm.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anshuman Razdan" <razdan@gloo3d.com>
To: "'Paul Finelt - Optimum Online'" <finelt@optonline.net>; "'Steven
Adler'" <adler@a3dm.com>; <rp-ml@bart.lpt.fi>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 10:32 PM
Subject: RE: Mickey Mouse
> Paul
> You bring a good legal point although how you establish the first use I am
> not sure. Recreating (Reverse Engineering) by itself is not a crime or
> copyright violation -- as long as you don't profit from it. Same with
> patents -- so I have been told. It would be nice if robust watermarking
was
> available to ensure authorship in the first place.....
>
> AR
>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-rp-ml@ltk.hut.fi
> >> [mailto:owner-rp-ml@ltk.hut.fi]On Behalf Of
> >> Paul Finelt - Optimum Online
> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 7:51 PM
> >> To: Steven Adler; rp-ml@bart.lpt.fi
> >> Subject: RE: Mickey Mouse
> >>
> >>
> >> Steve - List,
> >> Copyrights are issued to protect original content, artistic
> >> or otherwise.
> >> The mere fact that you have re-created someone else's
> >> original content is a
> >> violation of copyright law.
> >>
> >> You don't have to watermark the STL file or the JPG. Date of
> >> first use will
> >> determine whether or not as well as who owns a copywritten entity.
> >>
> >> The issue we all need to be aware of in the RP, reverse
> >> engineering world is
> >> that unless the entity is in the public domain, you should
> >> be VERY careful
> >> about re-creating it and distributing that re-creation.
> >>
> >> Again, BE CAREFUL.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Paul
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Steven Adler [mailto:adler@a3dm.com]
> >> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 4:52 PM
> >> To: rp-ml@bart.lpt.fi; Paul Finelt - Optimum Online
> >> Subject: Re: Mickey Mouse
> >>
> >>
> >> Thank you Paul...... I was thinking the same thing. Is there
> >> a method to
> >> "watermark" or "copyright" an STL file......?
> >>
> >> Why not incorporate a disclosure statement on opening
> >> "watermarked" STL
> >> files advising copyrights.....?
> >>
> >> Steven Adler CEO
> >> Automated 3D Modeling
> >> adler@a3dm.com
> >> www.a3dm.com
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Paul Finelt - Optimum Online" <finelt@optonline.net>
> >> To: <A.gerrits@ind.tno.nl>; <rp-ml@bart.lpt.fi>
> >> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 4:53 PM
> >> Subject: RE: Mickey Mouse
> >>
> >>
> >> > Anyone supplying an STL of Mickey Mouse or any other copywritten or
> >> > trademarked likeness of any character.....
> >> >
> >> > Don't send these things around. Disney and other owners of these
> >> properties
> >> > will sue you or at least make your life miserable for a
> >> period of time.
> >> >
> >> > Even if you think you're just using it for your own
> >> purposes. These are
> >> > commercial entities with substantial value. The owners of
> >> these guys are
> >> > serious.
> >> >
> >> > I know some people that have found out the hard way.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: owner-rp-ml@ltk.hut.fi
> [mailto:owner-rp-ml@ltk.hut.fi]On Behalf Of
> > A.gerrits@ind.tno.nl
> > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 8:49 AM
> > To: rp-ml@ltk.hut.fi
> > Subject: Mickey Mouse
> >
> >
> > Dear rapid people,
> >
> > Who has an STL file of Mickey ??
> > We want to thank a good relation who would go crazy with a nice
prototype.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Anton Gerrits
> >
> > TNO Industrial Technology
> > Department Industrial Prototyping
> > De Rondom 1, P.O. Box 6235, 5600 HE Eindhoven (The
> > Netherlands)
> > Telephone (+31) 040-26 50 608, fax (+31) 040-26 50 678
> > Mobile (+31) 06-23 11 53 97
> > E-mail a.gerrits@ind.tno.nl <mailto:a.gerrits@ind.tno.nl>
> > Look also at
> > http://www.ind.tno.nl/en/productiondevelopment/prototyping/index.html
> > <http://www.ind.tno.nl/en/productiondevelopment/prototyping/index.html>
> >
> > For more information about the rp-ml, see http://ltk.hut.fi/rp-ml/
> >
> >
> > For more information about the rp-ml, see http://ltk.hut.fi/rp-ml/
> >
>
>
>
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>
>
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>
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