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I know it's not a new problem, but I don't know what I can or should do..

I'm made a design that I shared for free on thingiverse under a Creative commons, attributions, non-commercial license.

I've been made aware today that two etsy sellers are using my design, they didn't ask me and they don't attribute me. I don't particularly mind that people print and sell my design (I understand the added value of it already being printed for the user) , but I feel it is unfair to buyers to not be made aware that the design is free and they could easily get it printed cheaper elsewhere (design is small, it's like half a dollar worth of plastic).

It would also have been nice to send me a share of the profit made from my design..

What can I do or should I do ?

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Do a DMCA takedown with Etsy. They are violating your copyright. Copyright law kinda sucks but it's the only tool we have to enforce stuff like CC licenses.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (4 children)

To be fair, Etsy's automated systems will take down listings without vetting the takedown claim, as long as the fields in said claim are filled out with non-blatantly false info. There's little to no fact-checking on the backend and fraudulent takedowns are a known method by scammers to get competing (legit?) shops discredited.

On one hand, yes, use the DMCA takedown request form. On the other, fuck Etsy sideways with a busted rake.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah it sure would be nice to have these companies do some vetting. Unfortunately that would cost them money, so we cannot be doing something like that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
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