yes I make sure all the model I choose is under Royalty-free license
Can I download Royalty free models and publish them in my scene in a Youtube Video?
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Note that I'm only using the models but not selling them in any form or letting viewers gain access to the models. Is this ok if I just use the models in my scene in a Youtube video? Will I get any copyright issues? What are the rules for using Royalty free 3D models on CGTrader?
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Yes you can,
The “Royalty free license” grands you some “limited rights” to use the work in commercial or non commercial projects. This includes film, animations, commercials (video production in general) and to some extend games.
Your in violation with the license the moment you give access to the files via repackaging or redistribution. There are some exceptions for games, for example when its in proprietary format and measures are in place to prevent the end users from gaining access to the work. Selling the work as in game goods is also prohibited.
So your good to go using standard Royalty free licensed models in whatever video.
There can however be some exceptions, for example some creators may provide a custom license to impose some extra limits. For example my license clearly prohibits using the work to produce stock-video or NFT’s (crypto art). The standard Royalty free license in its current form does not clearly prohibit this although it mentions sub-licensing is not allowed. The problem is, most people don't know what that means.
But those exceptions are considered editorial license or custom license right? Thank you so much for your help!
3D artists, traditional sculptors, painters, or photographers, etc. may reproduce materials that can depict some copyrighted designs or capture some subjects that contains some brands, etc. Typically for those artists it’s illegal to license those reproductions out as they don't hold the rights to the designs or brands, it would be considered sub-licensing. International copyright law however is leaving some room for that type of reproductions to exist so news and education could be less constrained. In copyright law this exception is known as the “editorial uses”. Artists that reproduce such materials can sell their work under this exception. In other words, they acknowledge the work contains copyrighted materials they don’t own the rights to and that the original owners can impose additional constraints if needed. That’s what the “editorial license” is. The editorial license grands rights to use the work for educational purposes or news (editorial uses) and noting ells.
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