Printables V. Thingiverse

[InoxDragoon (MJLaverty)]

@jeffeb3

They are not editing, or republishing the files on printables.

I think that’s the only thing that would save their bacon, since Google actually published the books they scanned and got slapped down hard for it.

@jeffeb3

Printables has had an import from TV feature for a long time. I used it and imported everything over. Nothing got published publicly until I reviewed and republished it. It was honestly pretty slick.

But that’s opt-in, which I’m 100% for!

@jeffeb3

Most of the files on TV are creative Commons of some kind too. So many of them are already explicitly saying they can be reused, edited, and many can be used commercially. The only ones that they might be violating are the ones that are non-commercial, but I go back to the Pinterest argument.

I post all my stuff as CC / NC / SSA, so i know my stuff is out there, but that’s part of the Honor system of it all. I probably wouldn’t have got into 3D Printing if TV wasn’t a thing, and I’m now getting the hang of it so I share alike.

@jeffeb3

So I would rather none of it be allowed. But also, that is just how the rules currently work (in my non-expert opinion).

My Thoughts exacly, 100% agree.