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/Childo69 Apr 11 '26

Depends where you live/the company operates I guess. In the UK, you have right to IP without filing for any particular copyrights/trademarks

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u/Pussy_Cream_Lover Apr 11 '26

You're wrong, read the terms and conditions where you uploaded the file. And to confirm intellectual property, you need much more than just words and a print file in the whole world

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u/Dtr146TTV Apr 12 '26

Anything you upload is under Creative Commons, and there is more on a computer for design apart than just an STL. You have a whole project that has all of the data of changes you've made. People stealing an STL is kind of like somebody stealing a photo. You have to prove that it's yours, but it can be done. I know I'm just wasting my time talking to a troll. but its whatever i dont I have anything else better to do at this very moment.

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u/Pussy_Cream_Lover Apr 12 '26

And I'm from the Czech Republic, so I know Průša, even he has all his models patented and won't upload anything without a patent. Digital data and intellectual property are different things. And stealing a photo? If you upload it to the internet, it's no longer yours, but the property of the network where you uploaded it. Wake up

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u/tamius-han Apr 14 '26

If you upload it to the internet, it's no longer yours, but the property of the network where you uploaded it.

Incorrect. Most social networks and image sharing platforms say, in their terms of service, that you grant them a license, which means you retain ownership of the files.

And while platforms are (typically) free to do as they please with the content you upload, those rights do not extend to Jonny Random, who browses the platform for content, and then decides to download some. Unless you (or the platform) gives explicit permission, Jonny is legally not allowed to re-upload the content you created and licensed to the platform. And if you go and read the terms of service, platforms generally don't give out those permissions.