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I created the towers, and the 6 floor apartment building in the foreground.
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those jerks.
They're making money off his work. At the very least they're not paying the business cost to develop the models. That's damages by unjust enrichment. They should have purchased the renderings or made new ones.You can try the lawsuit thing, but I'm not sure what you're hoping to get out of it. An injunction? Moot. Damages? Can you show unjust enrichment or economic damage to you?Sue for copyright infringement.Maybe I'm just thinking highly of myself... but I think the vikings used my model.
Seriously.
I'm not a lawyer and yes, the target might be the company that developed the rendering. But ultimately they were contracted by the Vikings. A lawyer would have to figure it out.That's what I was going to say, but M B P did claim that he pulled it down from public viewing.. I feel like whatever you post in there can be used since it's technically a design program. And what do you mean they're making money off of his work? The person who made the rendering is making money but aren't the Wilfs' losing money because they had to pay the person to create a render?
By uploading his models to the 3D Warehouse, m_b_p agreed to the site's EULA, which permits:
https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/tos.htmlDistributing Models, Creations, and Combined Works to third parties for your business purposes (including for commercial purposes);
From Sketchup's FAQ:I work for a construction company in the computer graphics & visualization department. Can I use models from 3D Warehouse to populate construction scenes?
Answer: Yes. You can use models from 3D Warehouse to populate construction scenes.
This is the germane point: what were the terms of the models submitted to the "warehouse?"I suspect the critical question will come down to whether the copyrighted material has terms of use attached that allowed for some use of the files. I think we can leave it in the lawyers' hands at this point if the affected party so desires. Those saying "sue him" without knowing all the facts may want to cool their jets. Litigation is messy stuff and really is a last resort in 99% of cases.
More broadly, 99.9% (slight exaggeration) of internet users assume if something is found on the internet it can be reused for free.... if they are up on the warehouse for free, it is assumed on the other end that they are available for download and use.
I work for a construction company in the computer graphics & visualization department. Can I use models from 3D Warehouse to populate construction scenes?
Answer: Yes. You can use models from 3D Warehouse to populate construction scenes.
True. But in many cases of "internet stuff" there are measures in place to protect authors. For images, watermarks tend to be a strong deterrent for those looking for resources. For video you've got the original item in an embed link, etc. For text, you've got...google which exposes a lot of plagiarism (wife is a teacher).More broadly, 99.9% (slight exaggeration) of internet users assume if something is found on the internet it can be reused for free.... if they are up on the warehouse for free, it is assumed on the other end that they are available for download and use.
Like I said, I'm on the side of authors (like yourselves).I briefly chatted with a lawyer. He looked over 3d warehouse's terms of use.
Apparently anyone is allowed to use any of models in any of their work so long as they've made significant changes to the overall composition. I guess they added buildings to my 3... so they did make changes.
However, only a "reasonable amount" of copies are allowed to be made. Is putting my model in the STrib, Strib.com, TV news across the state, and TV news' websites reasonable?
The lawyer said he'd take on the case... though it could be tricky. I don't know if I'm going to do anything.
I make my models public so that other people, like me, laymen, can get a glimpse into details that aren't made clear through public announcements. Not so that a billion dollar company can save a few bucks by not paying someone for their work.
Let's just move on.
Yeah, glad the City went with Ryan for this location.
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