Sorry, I'm a little confused. Is that shelf you posted based on a real-life product? Or did you invent the design and look of it yourself?
Hello,
This morning I decided to modelize my living room (my real life one). I started by my bookshelf, once finished I wrote the entire post and started wondering what tag people were using.
So I went to check on the website, in shelf category. To my surprise I found the exact same bookshelf !
https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/furniture/cabinet/twist-7-shelf-bookcase Here's his bookshelf
https://prnt.sc/ragdvz Here's mine
For now, I didn't post it because it's not just similar, it's exactly the same one but now I'm wondering if I can actually do anything ?
If I list it on the site, is it counted as plagiarism ? But then how to be sure to not enlist a model someone is already selling ? We can't really check all the available models through the X pages I assume.
I most likely won't post my shelf because I don't want to not be seen as a "copypasta" person, but I didn't seem to find anything related to such situation on the forum, maybe I just missed it or didn't search enough.
Thanks for any return.
Sorry, I'm a little confused. Is that shelf you posted based on a real-life product? Or did you invent the design and look of it yourself?
Hello there,
Could you please forward your inquiry to support@cgtrader.com?
As soon as you do, we will investigate this case further.
All the best,
Justas
CGTrader
If you made model of real world object why you care that someone else did it before you?
If someone makes Audi A6 model that doesn't mean no one else is allowed to make it also.
About the laws.. if you are profiting on someone else design (furniture company in this case) you are violating IP/copyright law.
But everyone is doing it so you can too.
I predict in the near future all companies that produce real life products will realize that they can also sell their designs in digital form, to be used in all kinds o f VR and game environments, so in my opinion is not a good idea to model real life designs. It would be better to design your own objects from scratch, but then, that is easier said than done.
Thank you all for your answers !
Nice work!!
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