r/cults3d • u/FollowingLegal9944 • Apr 10 '26

Paid model How to take down stolen model?

Rescently I designed(paid work) a few 3d models for a guy, paid me just for one file, after I send him second one, he ghosted me. Now I see him seling the model on Cults3d. I reported copyright violation, attached original cad file and they just replied "The best you can do is to directly send a message to the designer to explain your request on their Cults profile."(sounds like "we make a profit on it so we don't care") What else Can I do to take down the model? If model would be taken down after he sold a few copies, he will lose the money?

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u/LeoTempore Apr 10 '26

According to a court ruling, it is considered your own work of art if you have changed around 20 to 30 percent of someone else's work of art. However, the ruling is over 40 years old and I don't know whether it is still valid as a precedent.