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Old June 23rd, 2008   #5 (permalink)
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Default Re: Digital Models Not Subject To Copyright

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Originally Posted by AJLynn View Post
I think the lesson here is you don't give your models to the client without a written contract on how they may be used, but even if you did, if they wanted to reuse your model they would not be able to use the materials, lights, camera, and any modeling that is not taken exactly from the architect's drawing.
My thoughts at the moment are completely the revers of this.

I see it as 'The architect has rights to the model as it is a complete copy of their designed work.'
You are right about the textures and lighting, they are seen to be creative elements, but the geometry is not.....In essence you can not copyright a computer model of a building if it is drawn to a degree of accuracy from cad information... what you can copyright is an image created from the geometry...

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