Have your models been stolen and sold on other websites by anyone else?

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Have your models been stolen and sold on other websites by anyone else?

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Posted 20 days ago
-2

What do you want to say? Someone steals the models from the others and are selling as their own? That's totally unheard of.

Posted 20 days ago
3

I already have it. Just at the end of last month, I and many artists I know had a series of models stolen and sold on Chinese websites. We simultaneously contacted the admins of those websites and succeeded in getting them to take them down. We cannot control the entire internet, but we can prevent them from being sold illegally on high-traffic platforms.

PhilipStorm wrote
PhilipStorm
high-traffic platforms? for exmaple?
NoneCG wrote
NoneCG
Which chinese web sites exactly? it will be helpful to others to know and be able to search for more stolen models...
Posted 17 days ago
1

what websites do you mean, I wonder if my models are there or not?

Posted 17 days ago
3

It happened to me. I had it removed from the site via DMCA application.

PhilipStorm wrote
PhilipStorm
How do you use DMCA? Can you tell me?
Posted 16 days ago
2

To all artists having models stolen: do not hesitate to file DMCA like @xantier - it works most of the times, because it can be used as a base for legal case which can cost the offender up to $100,000 per case - if he steals models from multiple artists (which is usually the case) this can lead to a pretty serious sum and is great opportunity for a class action lawsuit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_action) where one person can represent a group of offended artists.
Amongst other advantages this can also help reduce the initial cost for opening the case for individual artists. So it's best to contact some of the other artists that got robbed by the same offender and coordinate.

As a first step, you can write to the site owner (if there is contact info on the site).
Write your email in a professional and cold manner (do not insult or let your emotions take over).
Write the links to your infringed models on his website and add links to the original models on CGTrader (or wherever they are) and include:
"You neither asked for nor received permission to use my work, nor to make or distribute copies of it. Therefore, I believe you have willfully infringed my rights under 17 USC Section 101, et seq. and could be liable for statutory damages as high as $100,000."
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"remove them and destroy all copies immediately, and desist from this or any other infringement of my rights in the future. If I have not received an affirmative response from you by close of business (5 pm Eastern Standard Time) on /////Add Date 24 hours after you send the email///// indicating that you have fully complied with these requirements, I shall consider taking the full legal remedies available to rectify this situation. "

This e-mail will also give you leverage and can be used as proof in a future lawsuit.

If the site owner does not reply, use
https://www.whoishostingthis.com/
to find the hosting provider of the site and send the DMCA to them (most of the hosting provider sites have a direct DMCA form) and they may even take the whole site down if they receive valid proof (some also temporarily disable the site while they investigate). Just look for a "Report Abuse" or something similar on the hosting provider site main page (it's usually at the bottom) and then "Copyright/DMCA" report.

I hope this helps.

trimitek wrote
trimitek
Also, always take screenshots of the site where your stolen models and the URL's are visible to use as a proof later, because the offender or the hosting site will quickly remove them after they realize things can get serious.
Posted 16 days ago
1

Hello. The DMCA application will start with you completely filling out the form in the link I wrote below. In this form, they will ask for information such as your personal information, the correct address of your works and stolen addresses. The process takes a very short time. It is completed in almost 2 to 3 business days.

Posted 16 days ago
1

I forgot the link. :)
https://dmca.lindenlab.com

PhilipStorm wrote
PhilipStorm
Thank you. What will the result be? Compensation? Offline?
Posted 16 days ago
0

Removal of your works from the site.

PhilipStorm wrote
PhilipStorm
Thank you. Which websites like to steal other people's models for publishing? for example.
Posted 16 days ago
0

The situation I am experiencing is generally caused by the users, not the website. Because the website is a market, people can be misled into thinking that their works belong to them.
I'm 'marketplace.secondlife.' I had a problem with . And I even saw that the same person, a work owner I know, was selling his works there, and I reported it to the owner. It was the 'B-Made' user in this market who stole my works. And I believe that all the works of the user 'B-Made' currently on the market belong to others.

Posted 15 days ago
0

The problem with DMCA is that is effective only when the marketplace itself is legit, but when your models are being shared/sold in warez site that is registered in country that does not respect DMCA, then you're out of luck.

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