Follow up: Creating Collections and Organizing models into Categories

[jonlew_uk]

Continuing the discussion from Creating Collections and Organizing models into Categories:

@MikeTadros

Generally speaking, you can certainly aggregate other user’s models into Collections on 3D Warehouse. And you can link to those collections from other sites (Per the terms outlined in Section 21, as you noted).

However, in response to any questions regarding your intended use of 3D Warehouse, I’m not able to provide legal advice or comment whether your intended use would or would not violate the Terms. The best path for having your question answered is to submit your inquiry via email to this email address:
3dwarehouse-tou+comms@sketchup.com

That way, your email will be funneled through the appropriate channels.

Hope that helps.

Thanks for your kind reply Mike! (I used to follow all of your fantastic SketchUp School episodes!!).
Anyway, getting back to the topic, I have sent an enquiry to the Legal Office as you suggested but would lik your point of view on this specific aspect.
Reading through other posts, I seem to understand that downloading other developer’s models, slightly modifying their geometry and changing textures, allows me to re-upload them to my Collection and publish them as mine??

Is this correct?
As already stated, I would be linking a web based service to a collection that contains other developer’s models upon which only some of the textures would be changed.

Thanks for your precious help
JOHN

[Cotty]

@jonlew_uk

I seem to understand that downloading other developer’s models, slightly modifying their geometry and changing textures, allows me to re-upload them to my Collection and publish them as mine??

If this would be done with one of your models, how would you feel about this?

[jonlew_uk]

I’m trying to get some answers here and it’s probably because I’m imagining the same case as you that I’m asking…
In the Warehouse terms of use FAQs, at point 12 it is stated that you can download a Model, modify it and then re-upload it as your own.
I wouldn’t like that being done to any of my models just because someone claims ownership after having deleted a face or shortened a line!..

I would imagine that to be the owner of a model, one would have had to create it from scratch!