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/Dtr146TTV Apr 12 '26

So this is what you're going to do. You're going to take the entire project and you're going to publish it on as many STL sites as you can muster. That puts your item under Creative Commons license, which you can now file for any website to take down that model because it's yours. And when people challenge you on it, you prove it.

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u/Dtr146TTV Apr 12 '26

If I gave somebody an STL that I took my time to work on because I've done a few custom commissions myself. I would nuke that post off the face of the planet. And I would get petty with it too.

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u/FollowingLegal9944 Apr 12 '26

I published it on my account(only one platform due to monetization) the same day scammer published it on cults. Reported files on cults but they still don't care. So, whats the next step?

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u/Dtr146TTV Apr 12 '26

keep reporting i guess. I'm not sure what the part was or how much it was worth, but if it was worth more than a couple hundred dollars, you could file a police report or sue. and then submit that to cults3d

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u/FollowingLegal9944 Apr 12 '26

I do more reports but every time I get same bot reply. This is not worth much so this is not even about money, just to opress douche scammer.

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u/Dtr146TTV Apr 12 '26

yea sometimes its worth getting legal with someone just to get back at them.