How hard is it to acknowledge someone else’s work? I stumbled across this today
So what you say, it’s a funnel, but it’s not, it’s MY funnel, the one that’s had 25,000 downloads on Printables!
I don’t particularly care that the guy has taken my work exactly, copied my workflow from Onshape, and is teaching others to do it using FreeCad, although he hasn’t offered to share the $4.00 he’s charging (and that is in contravention of my Printables license) , but a simple acknowledgement would be courteous I would have thought, and perhaps a link to the model.
Oh and how much should I charge for the use of the photo?
I’ve written to him, not too nasty and will see if I get a reply. I’ve made a comment on YouTube too.
There are a couple of other models from Printables that I’ve noticed and notified the authors. It’s funny really - my Onshape drawings are freely available, but the printables license is pretty clear, and that’s where he’s pinched the link and the photos! Oh well - if he replies to my email I’ll try to be kind.
When you freely share, some assume it is a free for all.
In my experience most come around after a single interaction, a few need to get their hands forced, one in a million are exceptional and just go overboard.
It does such, but it they don’t have their own ideas they won’t last long, you can’t steal forever.
Well, that sucks. Violating your license, and not attributing a free remix based on your work was a crappy decision.
Hopefully he’ll own it, and make it right.
What would an alternative reality win-win outcome have looked like?
Is a win-win still possible in this reality? E.g. He acknowledges and apologizes for mis-step, attributes your work, he makes the plans free, OR, he sells but only after you both mutually agree on a fair royalty for selling a remix of your design, where you get % of sales?
Again, I personally suspect he fluffed up by not acknowledging that Peter’s model was an inspiration for the design he walks through recreating in the video.
Hopefully he’ll upload an updated video that acknowledges Peter’s model. Guessing this video got a bunch of thumbs downs.
wrt “copyright strike”, does anyone who’s watched the video agree? The video seemed pretty helpful for someone learning freecad.
Maybe things have changed, but I don’t see him selling plans. Video asks viewers to consider supporting his channels via $4, that’s not directly selling. But… Sounds like @bitingmidge saw step-by-step plans to recreate vented funnel in the “shop”, which must have stung. Looks like @CADCAMCOURSE, or ko-fi already disabled the account (for now).
That’s the sad thing, and in my email and note I have said something to the effect that he is providing a great service, and doesn’t need to pretend that it’s his work!
I give away my stuff - and link to the OnShape source in this case - if he had so much as changed a few dimensions or slightly modified my workflow, who would care, and it would probably be fair dealing or impossible to prove. As you noted, simply copying my workflow, photos and charging for it did sting a little!
I made a report to Ko-fi and they took that page down immediately (it’s clearly against the terms of the CC license). I don’t particularly want to hurt some random guy in India making a living - so haven’t made a YouTube report yet, hoping he will reply, but I have messaged the authors of a couple of the other models (one of which I recognised because I downloaded it before I could use CAD!)
I am even happy for him to make a living selling his work - and at whatever scale he is working I am not interested in sharing at all. As @vicious1 said -
It would be nice to have him aware and working within the share community bounds!
I have to assume they are just unaware and this is an innocent mistake. They are probably in a different time zone. When they see your note, hope it all gets fixed.
Some assume since it is freely shared, it is free…they just don’t understand the nuance of that little license we add to things and how it can snowball out of control if we don’t correct it.
I had fusion360 do a tutorial on making the MPCNC foot. I am not sure if they actually linked it or not back to me but they clearly stated what it was so I was good with it.
