Custom Designs

A good question was posed in a thread which was closed earlier today. I want to extract that topic from the thread so that the topic doesn't die along with the inappropriate execution.

When you create a custom dog design and then sell it (the design itself or the created dog) to another player with no expressed contract, who then owns that design? Does the person who created the design own it? Or does the new owner of the dog, even though it wasn't their original idea?

Please weigh in on this topic with your opinions! Name calling and finger pointing will not be tolerated. If you feel you have a valid concern about design theft, please do the appropriate thing and submit the issue to the moderator issue hub.

The new owner. Hands down. When you sell a dog, it's mostly because of the way it looks, the other being TP or good personality or whatever. But mostly because of how the dog ~looks~. Which is it's design. If there was an EXPRESSED CONTRACT, as Kae put it, or an agreement of some sort, then it's the former owners/the original creators. If you sell a custom dog you should not just ~assume~ that you get to keep the design, because that's what you're selling. If you want the design back, or to make a twin/copy/replica of that dog you sold, then you should tell the now owner of the dog your thoughts about it. Maybe try to buy the dog back, and if not, then at least tell them your want/idea to have the dog back or make the dogs twin. Not just do it willy nilly. That defeats the purpose of a /custom/ dog. Whether you made it or not, the dog is no longer yours, and nor is the design. Yours in plural form, not pointing fingers. n__n

Last edited:2011-08-25 22:43:36

Custom Designs

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