Ideas and thoughts for Cadyou.
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Does this relate mostly to pictures and other exact reproductions then? rather than models/paintings?
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Anyway,
Just to revive this thread before it dies forever. Thanks for everyones input so far, i have done some work on improving the search experience the last few days and wanted to throw up here the list of things i am thinking of adding over the next few months and get some feedback as to whether they are worthwhile or not..
- Move file storage to Amazon S3 (speed and cost)
- Bulk upload of files like flickr
- Community features like top uploaders, most popular user etc
- The ability to subscribe to a user (RSS) and get notified when they upload
- The ability to send users messages from their profile page
- The ability for users to have icons/avatars
- ...or scrap the three above and use facebook connect/google friend connect
- More file formats (collada /3ds/ dwg) for every download
Any thoughts on the above features appreciated, i will judge which ones to work on by the response here
Cheers.
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@remus said:
Does this relate mostly to pictures and other exact reproductions then? rather than models/paintings?
It relates to everything, even if you buy a painting from a local artist you do not own the rights to that painting. I get around it sometimes by creating a work 'in the style of', which means a painting that looks like a Monet, however, it can't be an actual altered recognizable painting.
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I think we might be thinking of slightly different things.
I was querying whether doing a painting of a starbucks and then displaying it counts as a copyright offence, as opposed to using starbucks logos in a model.
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Decipher,
Personally i think a bulk uploader would be very useful, especially in these early days when i imagine your trying to get a reasonable catalogue of content going. Having said that, youll probably want to be careful about who you give it to as you might encounter problems with people spamming the site.
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@remus said:
I think we might be thinking of slightly different things.
I was querying whether doing a painting of a starbucks and then displaying it counts as a copyright offence, as opposed to using starbucks logos in a model.
Technically yes, however, as with all places where legal beagles sniff there is no way to actually know whether 'Starbucks' would go after you. I remember a case a few months ago where they threatened legal action against a small coffee shop in some podunk town because their logo 'infringed'. BTW, the coffee shop had been using the logo since before Starbucks existed but had not copyrighted it.
As far as paintings go, if you are an urban realist painter and paint a (Hopper-esque) street scene with people sitting in a Starbucks at three in the morning and it goes in a gallery for $20,000.00, I doubt Starbucks will squeal. However, if the painting shows a bunch of gangbangers robbing the Starbucks and pissing on the Barista you might get a call and they could sue you for infringement and defamation.
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I like the CadYou site, I'm hoping to have some things for upload soon.
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Dicipher, You are not making any money from your effort. In situations like this, I rcall various site's posting the intention to remove any suspected copyrighted information upon notification.
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Double espresso wrote
@unknownuser said:If you design a street scene and include a Starbucks, then put it on public display, by the letter of the law you need their permission.
I'm sure that somebody will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the laws may differ on this in the states and the UK / Europe. In the UK as I understand it, if you photograph a street scene with the shop logos in view it is exempt of copyright as it is part of the street scape - part of the public domain.
I think if you superimposed your new development into the photo and used it as part of a public consultation nobody would bat an eyelid as that is common practice. If you published a marketing brochure that included the image, legally you should seek approval but I think, in general, people aren't as bothered about it here as they are in the states. -
remus,
Thanks for the feedback, the uploader is something i am looking to improve definitely. It would also be nice to have a progress bar as opposed to a spinning gif image
cheffey
Cheers, please do submit..
all
I was getting dangerously close to my bandwidth limits this month, which is great.. it means the site is growing however it meant sorting out improved file storage. Since my last post i have put a system in place for support of Amazon S3, this means even better speeds both on the website (because other users downloads happen from Amazon's servers and don't bog ours down) and on the downloads themselves as Amazon have datacenters around the world - which you should find are VERY FAST.
At the moment just the most popular files have been transfered, but the rest will be over the next week and any new files will be automatically
Cheers!
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