Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Envato Notes

Envato Notes


Dos and Don’ts About Using Products and Trademarks in your Items

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 04:00 PM PST

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We recently mentioned some upcoming clarification to our approach to using products and trademarks in your items on our Marketplaces. Our guidelines represent an approach to doing the right thing by others, protecting our reputation as a community when it comes to respecting other people's intellectual property (IP), and making sure our Marketplaces are full of great and original content. We are a creative marketplace, so we are keen to protect creators and ‘do the right thing’

As well as these documents, we'll be having a discussion about the clarifications over in our Marketplace forums.

We're soft launching these clarifications to begin with, before we flick the switch and make them review requirements. We want to give you an opportunity to provide feedback about the clarifications. We believe that these clarifications will help our community meet the IP obligations we have to not only one another, but also to other people's intellectual property rights.

We’re keen to hear what you think, and where appropriate we'll refine our approach. You may think of some details when looking through the clarifications, and may want to share with us from your day-to-day creative activities on our Marketplaces.

We're also conscious of the fact that there will be items on the Marketplaces that were submitted before the new approach has been implemented. Although at this stage we're not planning an immediate retrospective review of all items on our Marketplaces, this is something that we will look into in the future. Until then, only items submitted after these clarifications go live will be subject to the clarified IP approach.

I'll be getting back to you again in a few weeks with a wrap-up of the feedback, and a final launch of the products and trademarks guidelines for the Marketplaces.

We look forward to all your comments and suggestions, and we thank you for your continued support to make the Envato community what it is: creative, successful and respectful. Once again, please note that comments are closed on this blog post, but we invite you to discuss this subject over on our Marketplace forums. See you there!

Header image credit: Devonyu.

Free Marketplace Files for December

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 09:06 PM PST

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Garage rock, hip chicks, a 3D jigsaw puzzle and an action shooter. Every month we bring you a collection of spectacular Marketplace items you can download absolutely free of charge. Here are December’s freebies. They're available until midnight on the 31st December (AEDT). Grab them while you can!

VideoHive: Model Show Slide

This After Effects project is perfect for a fashion slideshow. There are placeholders for 16 or more videos, and no plugins are required. Get it free.

GraphicRiver: 3D Jigsaw Puzzle

This minimalist 3D jigsaw puzzle is elegant and fully customizable. All PSD layers are intact, and it also comes with five .PNG images with different background colors. Get it free.

3DOcean: Chair

Looking for somewhere to sit? This chair is a high poly 3D model, rendered in Mental ray and using high res textures. Get it free.

CodeCanyon: jQuery Responsive YouTube Playlist for WordPress

A simple way to show a YouTube playlist with jQuery. Fully responsive, and supports regular playlists, channels, search keywords, and custom lists created with shortcodes. Get it free.

PhotoDune: Hip Young Adult Female Points Video Camera

A horizontal composition of a hip young adult female pointing a video camera. Get it free.

ActiveDen: Virus Defence

This is a straightforward action shooter in which your mission is to defend healthy cells against hordes of viruses by maneuvering a nano-ship. The longer you last the better the score. Get it free.

AudioJungle: Dusty Garage Rock

A hard hitting, positive, contemporary rock track. Vintage tones meet modern production techniques, resulting in a simple yet powerful track. Get it free.

ThemeForest: Granth – Modern Business HTML Template

Use this HTML website template to create business, portfolio or corporate sites. Code is clearly written and commented. Get it free.

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