Real World IP issues
Discussion started by Seismic3D
Hello everyone,
Having seen the latest insane policy at one of the competing sites (The3DStudio) - one of the oldest longest established stock sites - can we have any assurance that nothing similar is planned here.
For those that do not know T3DS today removed all real-world items that could possibly have any patent/copyright/IP claim against them - so all real-world named brand items. These represent a high % of the sales of stock models.
Any thoughts?
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On 3D Squirrel they just started to rename models, removing branded preview renders and so on.They are very small 3d shop so no big deal for me. Like the3Dstudio with falling sells last year. Problem will be if CGtrader, Turbosquid will do the same..
I have also asked 3DSquirrel for comments if they was threatened by someone or why they are doing it but no answear about this situation ... strange...
3Dsquirrel sells all kind of model, I am a member of 3dsquirrel and I received an email to review to all my models with Copyright; If they are not fixed (coorected ?) from March 1, they will be removed . At least, 3DSuirrel has had the courtesy to inform us before removing our models.
Thanks for the info. I don't sell at 3D squirrel at the moment.
Can you ask them if they've had some sort of legal notice to do this? Seems a co-incidence they do this the same time as T3DS.
I posted a comment on this announcement on their website I expect the answer
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I am not a CGTrader member, but I think there are alternatives to copyright issues. Sites like TS and others have an Editorial License which allows you to publish models even if you are not the owner of the copyright of the brand. And TS, as a big company, is on the spotlight, yet there haven't been any problems with copyright after introducing that license. I don't know the reason why T3DS has not benefitted from that type of license, but again I don't know why the design of the website hasn't changed in a decade. There have been many strange decisions made there. In any case, until a brand issues a DMCA against their own products we are free to sell them under normal licenses. After that, apparently, a different type of license would suffice.
All that is, of course, to my understanding. I do not have any formal training in law.
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