When you created these CAD files, did you really want to limit the amount of people who could enjoy them to the 0.01% of the USA with a 3D Printer? 100% of America can purchase the items from us at a reasonable cost and enjoy them-creating made in the USA jobs in the process as well. Therefore, you have no right to exclude others from utilizing the CAD models you have uploaded.įurthermore, if in the future we do get a precedent in the USA for establishing CAD models as ‘original works of art’, we would still likely be just fine as we are not re-selling your CAD models, but rather ‘transformative’ adaptions of them in the form of 3D printed objects. No court in the USA has yet ruled a CAD model an original work or art. The single exception to public domain rules are ‘original works of art’. They entered what is known in the legal world as ‘public domain’. “When you uploaded your items onto Thingiverse for mass distribution, you lost all rights to them whatsoever.
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When Loubie sent the sellers a message asking them to remove her design because it violated her license she received a, frankly, absurd response that is almost hilarious in its complete and total inaccuracy: Violating that license is also violating the Terms of Use for both eBay, which forbids (although doesn’t always restrict) the sale of unlicensed or copyrighted products, and Thingiverse where the 3D model was downloaded from. The “Non-Commercial” part of the license means that anyone selling copies of Loubie’s designs is violating her rights as the creator and is violating the law.
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Just a few days ago it was the latter model that she discovered was being sold on the just3Dprint eBay store despite the model carrying a Creative Common Attribution Non-Commercial license which clearly states that anyone is free to download, modify, duplicate and 3D print her model freely, however there must be appropriate credit given to her and it cannot be used for commercial purposes of any kind. Some of her more notable designs are The Tudor Rose Box and Aria the Dragon. And that’s where they done goofed.ģD designer and Thingiverse user Louise Driggers aka Loubie is a pretty popular creator who has seen several of her 3D models featured and highlighted by Thingiverse. The range of products available is pretty staggering, and while many of those models carry licenses that would allow them to print and sell copies, many of them do not. Their store currently has well over two thousand products available for sale, including everything from cell phone cases, figurines and cosplay props to pen holders. The seller has bulk downloaded thousands of 3D models and product photographs directly from Thingiverse and has listed 3D printed copies of those models for sale on eBay.
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Sadly, an eBay seller calling themselves just3dprint has neither the respect nor ethics to not abuse the privilege of access to so many amazing 3D printable models.
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Aria the Dragon by Thingiverse user Loubie.