Apr 24, 2023 09:00:00

A reader made GIGAZINE's anthropomorphic 3D avatar 'GIGAZINE-chan (provisional)' & flow until copyright transfer contract

GIGAZINE has created

an official server on Discord and has a forum where anyone can speak. As a result of setting up a thread on the forum ``If Google's advertising revenue decreases, GIGAZINE 's revenue will also decrease, what should I do? ) ” created the model data. thank you! thank you!

This is GIGAZINE-chan (provisional). Features cat ears.

It is like this when the whole body is photographed.

Since GIGAZINE-chan (provisional) is created as

a VRM file , it can be incarnated using VRM compatible software such as ' VMagicMirror ' and ' RiBLA Broadcast '. Since it can be moved freely as a 3D avatar, it seems to be used for various things.

They also created data for

Live2D , so you can move freely even in 2D space.

Before receiving such GIGAZINE-chan (provisional), it was necessary to conclude a contract such as a 'trademark license agreement' or 'copyright transfer agreement' to clarify the rights relationship. It seems that there are many parts that will be helpful for contracts when transferring some kind of work, so I will summarize the process from creating GIGAZINE-chan (provisional) to receiving it below.

First of all, the origin of the thing is the decrease in GIGAZINE's Google AdSense revenue. In 2022, GIGAZINE experienced an abnormal situation in which the number of page views and clicks increased, but the revenue of Google AdSense decreased. As a result of inquiring to Google, the answer 'Because the revenue of Google itself is decreasing' was returned.

In order to deal with the abnormal situation of Google AdSense revenue decline, the GIGAZINE editorial department has taken measures in various ways. In addition, `` Please borrow the power of readers! I stood up and asked for my opinion.

As a result of receiving various opinions from readers, multiple readers said 'I want to make a work with the theme of GIGAZINE!' The project has started.

But here comes a problem. The name of GIGAZINE (provisional) includes the word 'GIGAZINE', but 'GIGAZINE' is a registered trademark . For this reason, a trademark license agreement is required to have GIGAZINE-chan (provisional) produced. In addition, readers said that GIGAZINE-chan (provisional) can be used freely by GIGAZINE, but a copyright transfer contract was also required to clarify the rights relationship.

When we asked our lawyers about the terms required to create a 'Trademark License Agreement' and 'Copyright Transfer Agreement,' we received the following responses:

・Continued
Full release of real documents supervised by lawyers for 'Copyright Transfer Agreement' and 'Trademark License Agreement' useful for creators