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Free Genesis Morph

Knight22179Knight22179 Posts: 1,195
edited September 2012 in Freebies

Seems someBODY (don't know who) decided to stamp down on Edson/Edmoso for creating THE BEST Megan Fox morph ANYWHERE. Thanks for that. Do you enjoy sucking the fun out of freebies?

Post edited by Richard Haseltine on

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  • JimmyC_2009JimmyC_2009 Posts: 8,891
    edited December 1969

    Stunning, thanks for posting this.

  • Knight22179Knight22179 Posts: 1,195
    edited December 1969

    Anytime, Jimmy. :)

  • MotoTsumeMotoTsume Posts: 520
    edited December 1969

    seems to be gone from sharecg :(

  • Knight22179Knight22179 Posts: 1,195
    edited December 1969

    Seems so. Edson, for some reason, decided to delete his entire gallery. :(

  • ZamuelNowZamuelNow Posts: 753
    edited December 1969

    All things considered, I wonder if it was Ms Fox herself/her lawyers. I wonder where exactly the threshold is for celebrity morphs before they are considered problematic.

  • AeonicBAeonicB Posts: 165
    edited December 1969

    Technically, they should be okay on fair use basis, and not for libel or slander against the person depicted. It scares me that we're not allowed that much anymore... =/;

  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001
    edited December 1969

    The problem is, once lawyers get involved, it doesn't matter if there is a real case, most folks don't have the resources to be able to fight it.

  • ZamuelNowZamuelNow Posts: 753
    edited December 1969

    A lot could be potentially assumed but no one would know unless it was explicitly noted. When you think about it, a freebie maker would probably have more of a leg to stand on for a fair use argument than the vendors selling celebrity morphs. It could also be as nitpicky as terminology. If the morph was named after her character in the Transformers movies, it could have been Transformers/Hasbro sending a cease and desist since it might be considered copyright infringement at that point.

  • Tramp GraphicsTramp Graphics Posts: 2,409
    edited December 1969

    ZamuelNow said:
    A lot could be potentially assumed but no one would know unless it was explicitly noted. When you think about it, a freebie maker would probably have more of a leg to stand on for a fair use argument than the vendors selling celebrity morphs. It could also be as nitpicky as terminology. If the morph was named after her character in the Transformers movies, it could have been Transformers/Hasbro sending a cease and desist since it might be considered copyright infringement at that point.
    The character morph was indeed named for the movie character she portrayed, "Mikela". Granted, given that Mikela is a typical female first name, it's not subject to trademark (though "Mikela Banes" potentially could be). The combination of the face with the name, could have put up some red flags.
  • vwranglervwrangler Posts: 4,881
    edited September 2012

    Ariaso said:
    Technically, they should be okay on fair use basis, and not for libel or slander against the person depicted.

    Actually, not really. People -- you, me, celebrities, whoever -- have the right to control the use and distribution of their likeness for both commercial and noncommercial uses. Celebrities tend to have fewer grounds to object to the distribution of their image, since most are doing publicity for various and sundry things now and again, but there are some limits on what you can do.

    There are a few exceptions to that general rule -- if someone is taking a photograph of a large group of people at an event of some sort, and your face happens to be close enough to be distinguishable, you can't stop them from releasing it. And when it has to do with actual newsworthy events, your rights of control are fairly limited; you can't stop news photographers/videographers/artists from capturing and distributing your image if you're arrested, since that's a matter of public record, for example. But otherwise, something like a morph/image that's deliberately aimed at capturing the likeness of a particular person, and then distributed -- either for profit or otherwise -- is the sort of thing they can go after you for doing. That's why there are general and specific releases for photographer's models and other such uses.

    Not that I have any idea of the inner workings of the DAZ legal counsel's office, but, for example, I suspect the amount of legal paper dealing with Reby Sky is truly staggering, since she's based on a real person who participated in the creation process. Model releases would be the least of it.

    The "Mikaela" morph could actually have gotten it from two different directions. Megan Fox and/or her representatives could have objected to the distribution of her likeness without consent -- especially since it could possibly have been used for commercial purposes without her consent. (I assume the terms of the morph said that such uses weren't allowed, but that wouldn't stop anyone from actually doing that.) And, as noted, since it was using the likeness of Megan Fox and the name of her character from a specific film, the owners of that particular intellectual property could also have objected.

    In general, for distributing a freebie, unless they're feeling particularly vindictive -- or unless the RIAA or MPAA are somehow involved, in which case you are terribly terribly screwed -- unless they can demonstrate some particular sort of damage linked to that thing, they'll probably just do a cease-and-desist. If you're selling the likeness, all bets are off.

    Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, just someone who has had to do a horrifying amount of research into copyright law. Not legal advice. Your mileage may vary. Etc.

    Post edited by vwrangler on
  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,564
    edited December 1969

    Locked. We don't know why the freebie was removed, and shouldn't speculate.

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