SAD FACE A DISSCUSSION ON 3D MODELS

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<p>Original discussion found here.</p><p>An inspection on copyright law</p><p><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1350837/comments">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1350837/comments</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>While years may have passed 3d models and their copyright still have no solid guides for copyright.</p><p>Whether the 3d model can be classed as art or simply an interpretation of software and under the copyright of that software creator.</p><p>While sites such as printables.com and others state files can be creative commons and similar US and EU law remains unclear.</p><p>Simply by importing a file into slicing software US and EU law states that the art can be seen as derivatives and not the original art, previous cases infer that creative commons no-derivatives licenses are fundamentally incompatible with 3d printing.</p><p>Also does an artist who creates a Mickley mouse design own copyright of that model or does Dismey (names changed) own the overall rights to the piece.</p><p>While I find the argument of “you put something in a public space” entirely simplistic and moronic there is some real problems where the law stands.</p>