Leading Avatar Sites

And their terms of service listed below, as well as a cut-and-paste of their jurisdictional information.

(People ask me all the time what my blog is about; when you find out, tell me in the comments?!)
Today’s post, however, is strictly informational. The full URLs are for your reference.

http://www.daz3d.com/sections/aboutus/eula/EULA_Content.pdf

DAZ3D
b. Governing Law, Jurisdiction, and Venue. This Agreement is governed by the laws of the
State of Utah. Jurisdiction and venue for the enforcement of this Agreement shall be found
exclusively in the courts within Utah County, State of Utah.

http://www.gizmoz.com/newsite/presite/terms.jsp?partner=studio

GIZMOZ
These Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy and the relationship between You and Gizmoz shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, USA,
excluding its conflicts of law rules.

http://www.imvu.com/catalog/web_info.php?section=Info&topic=terms_of_service

IMVU
These Terms and Conditions of Sale will be governed and interpreted pursuant to the laws
of the State of California, United States of America, for contracts to be executed and fully
performed therein and notwithstanding any principles of conflicts of law.

http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/utos-173.html

Yahoo Avatar maker
You and Yahoo! each agree that the TOS and the relationship between the parties shall
be governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to its conflict of law provisions

And a couple of newer ones:

http://www.evolver.com/account/termsandconditions.aspx

EVOLVER
This Agreement and your use of the Site is governed by, construed and enforced in
accordance with the internal substantive laws of the State of California.

http://www.frenzoo.com/beta/information.php?chapter=tos

Frenzoo
Frenzoo Limited, a Hong Kong registered company and the owner of www.frenzoo.com hereby authorises you to use, view and download this Web Site and animations, information, names, images, logos and icons (“Materials”) at this web site for non-commercial purposes only.

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I hope you can use or at least reference these Terms of Service in your choice of an avatar. Remember, except for copyright, right of publicity, “bad light cases”, plagiarism, and other concerns, why should you worry about your avatar? In my opinion, you should either have one designed (and pay for it) or you should compose one on your own and take the correct steps to copyright it. Failing that, read these agreements carefully before you click “Yes” in the box.

Jay Moffitt is a Tennessee attorney. This blog is for entertainment and educational purposes only and does not consitute legal advice or create an attorney/client relationship. Jay Moffitt is not certified as a specialist in this area by Tennessee and Tennessee does not certify specialists in this practice area. All comments will be answered promptly and courteously as long as they are germane to the discussion and do not contain specific game names or incidents.

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