Nice finds bemfarmer - They are some seriously heavy reading for me, but i will give them a go when i get more time

Martin Spencer-Ford

News from McNeels ....

<< Mixed news. The command was only partially implemented and the current iteration of it in V5 is broken. Based on the low number of requests for it, we decided to push off further development to V6. So, we don't have anything currently that works. Sorry for the confusion.>>

Well now that's a bummer ... v5 was something like 4yrs in dev time so I better not be holding my breath on this feature any time soon :(

Martin Spencer-Ford

Could "watermarking" qualify as encryption and be subject to various laws?

What recourse would there be for misuse of another parties models?

Hi bemfarmer - Watermarking is just pretty much a stamp of ownership. Obviously there could be problems with people taking someone else's creation and claiming it as their own and, if the original engineer/artist did not use a watermark then he would have a pretty hard time proving ownership, especially if the thief (for want of a better word) does then apply a watermark. Once a watermark has been applied the copyright protection laws come into effect where the materials concerned would be either belonging to a company or an individual and would remain so for something like 70 years, so if anyone profited from that work without consent then they are going to be in a heap of trouble as large as the originator wants to make it

Martin Spencer-Ford

I use brail, it is just a series of bumps, placed somewhere on the model, where it becomes part of the model itself. Maybe this will interest some of you. I got the ideal from some of my customers who are blind.