Righty-dokey... One big reply email with all of this conversation in it, to certify that I agree and you agree and we both agree that we're at an agreement on agreeing on this agreed agreement. Agreed? :P RIUM+ On 15/10/05, Ryan Miller wrote: > Yeah, just respond with the text of our last email so the agreement > is official and you can post them on deviantART with the text that we > included in the last email. > > Love to see the mosaics. > > Thanks, > > ryan > > > On Oct 13, 2005, at 4:52 PM, RIUM+ wrote: > > > Yep, I thought there would be an issue with selling them, even if I > > was selling them for cost ;) So is the text I have on the mosaics > > acceptable? And I have permission to use them on deviantART, so long > > as they're not offered for sale? > > > > Oh, and if you or Cyan would like the originals of the Mosaics... I'll > > wait however long it takes to upload them. :) > > > > RIUM+ > > > > > > On 14/10/05, Ryan Miller wrote: > > > >> Hey RIUM+, > >> > >> We can't let you sell the mosaics unfortunately, but everything else > >> is fine and, I believe, falls under the text below. If you could just > >> respond with the entire email (as pasted below) to confirm that you > >> agree, I think we're good. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> ryan > >> > >> ----- > >> > >> Cyan hereby grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-assignable and > >> non-transferable license to use and display, for home, > >> noncommercial and > >> personal use only, one copy of any material and/or software that > >> you may > >> download from Cyan's on-line sites or directly from their products, > >> including, but not limited to, any files, audio or images > >> incorporated > >> in or > >> generated by the software (collectively the "Material") provided, > >> however, > >> that you must maintain all copyright and other notices contained > >> in or > >> related to such Material. You acknowledge and agree that you may not > >> sublicense, assign or otherwise transfer this license or the > >> Material, > >> and > >> that no title to the Material has been or will be transferred to you > >> from > >> Cyan, Inc. or anyone else. You also agree that you will not alter, > >> disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer or otherwise modify the > >> Material. > >> You must include the following legal information wherever the > >> Material is displayed or used: (Note, please use a circle c and > >> circle > >> r > >> for the copyright and registered, below. The character does not > >> transmit > >> well via e-mail.) > >> > >> > >> All Myst, Riven, D'ni, Uru images, text, sound and music > >> (c) Cyan Worlds, Inc. All rights reserved > >> Myst(r), Riven(r), D'ni(r) Uru(r), respective Logos(r) Cyan Worlds, > >> Inc. > >> No part may be copied or reproduced without express, written > >> permission of > >> Cyan Worlds, Inc. > >> > >> > >> Receipt of this copyright notice and asset use permission notice > >> means > >> that > >> you agree to abide by the terms and conditions as related to the > >> use of > >> Cyan's assets. If you do not agree with this notice, you are > >> obligated > >> to > >> notify Cyan, and henceforth are not granted Cyan asset use > >> permission. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> > >> ryan miller > >> > >> PG > >> > >> When responding, please include this entire note. > >> > >> Copyright information everyone should know: > >> http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html > >> > >>>On Oct 13, 2005, at 8:47 AM, RIUM+ wrote: > >>> Shorah! > >>> > >>> So, I have a few requests for permission here... I figured, while I > >>> was asking for one, I might as well ask for all of 'em. ;) > >>> > >>> > >>> First up, there's my personal website I'm finally making, at > >>> www.riumplus.com . Currently on this test version the only active > >>> links are the main page, the contact page, the external link to > >>> deviantART and the Riven Journals (I'll get to them later). Even the > >>> Google adsense ad is a place holder so far. I'm not sure what > >>> Myst-related resources will be used, or even if I'll use anything, but > >>> just in case I prefer to have your permission for 'general' use, or > >>> whatever else it's called... the standard thing fan sites have :P on > >>> the contact/legal page ( http://www.riumplus.com/contact.html ) I have > >>> a little disclaimer I knocked together myself... Let me know if the > >>> part that concerns anything Myst/Cyan-related needs changing ;) > >>> > >>> > >>> Secondly, the Riven Journals... previously, I had them hosted at > >>> http://www.dpwr.net/rivenjournals but that version is seriously > >>> out-of-date (not to mention hard to navigate), and I'm shifting it off > >>> of Alahmnat's site onto my own. I previously had permission for this, > >>> but given I'm moving the location of the Journals, I thought I should > >>> let you guys know in case you have to update any records. And to make > >>> sure I still have that permission, given it's been a few years. > >>> > >>> > >>> Thirdly, in regards to the Riven Journals, I've done an *exhaustive* > >>> amount of searching around the Internet, looking everywhere I could > >>> for information on them.. in fact, I've managed to track down some of > >>> the original creators of the Journals, and they might have copies of > >>> them. So, in this even that I *can* get original copies of the > >>> Journals, do they have Cyan's permission to give me a copy of them, > >>> and do I have Cyan's permission to host the original Journals online? > >>> > >>> > >>> Fourthly... You know those mosaics I made a long long time ago? I've > >>> finally finished them to a level I'm happy with. Yes, it's been a long > >>> time, I know :p I wouldn't mind putting desktop-sized versions on my > >>> site as well as my deviantART account ( http://riumplus.deviantart.com > >>> )... but for me to put them up on deviantART, as well as for my own > >>> piece-of-mind, I need some things sorted out since this is a case > >>> where I basically *am* using your work under something that I can have > >>> at least partially be under my name - ie, the individual images are > >>> all yours, the larger image it represents is yours, but the layout of > >>> all the individual images is mine... or some such :p I have temporary > >>> preview copies of them up at > >>> http://www.riumplus.com/hidden/tay-preview.jpg and > >>> http://www.riumplus.com/hidden/village-preview.jpg and > >>> http://www.riumplus.com/hidden/wahrk-preview.jpg . The text at the > >>> bottom, again, is mostly just placeholder text... I'm not 100% certain > >>> as to what should legally be there, so I can change it. > >>> > >>> Basically, while I would like to offer prints for sale at cost, I > >>> realise that's probably not possible... So, I would like to just offer > >>> desktop-sized versions people can use. In other words, resized > >>> versions at 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x960, 1600x1200. If I > >>> can't offer them for prints, then no version published on the web will > >>> ever be larger than 1600x1200. I'll probably also upload a zoomed-in > >>> version so you can see the original images, but not a full-sized > >>> original copy of the entire mosaic - I don't fancy having to upload an > >>> image that's over a gigabyte in size :P > >>> > >>> So, given I'm going to be posting this on deviantART as well, it seems > >>> I have to play by their legal ball games as well as yours... If I have > >>> permission to do these, basically I have to attach a copy of the > >>> email, along with Cyan World's contact details in case they want to > >>> contact you just to verify what I said and the terms of the agreement > >>> are all true. The deviantART help page about the necessary > >>> requirements is here: http://help.deviantart.com/257/ . > >>> > >>> > >>> Ooookay, I think that's about all I had to ask... and given it's > >>> nearly 2am here, I think I had better get some rest before I become > >>> incoherent :P > >>> > >>> > >>> Shorah! > >>> > >>> RIUM+ :¬) > >>> aka Michael Anderson