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I would say that you fundamentally don't understand what intellectual property means.

The 3D model that I have modeled is the intellectual property, just as a book or a music album is intellectual property. I will explain how it works.

For example, if you buy a book, it comes with a license to do what you want with that book, except for printing and selling it for profit. Same with the music album.

If you buy a 3D model, you either buy it at a cheap price with a standard license, which grants you full right to 3D print it for your private use. This however is not the same as a commercial license to produce and sell a product.

In regards to upholding intellectual property, that is a different matter. As a free market proponent I believe that reputation is the best arbiter in most cases. If I rip someone off, my reputation will suffer.

hh 2y ago

Neither a book nor a CD are "intellectual property" because such thing does not exist. You can own the physical objects, not the information inscribed on them. The fact that I learn a song or a book you wrote by heart doesn't deprive you from it, yet now I "own" it too. You couldn't prevent me from memorizing them, either, which proves that it you didn't "own" them to begin with.

Also, I never said anything about "upholding" anything. You seem to be stuck with legal terms and constructs that have zero relevance in this discussion, which is ontological.

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Leo Fernevak 2y ago

Again you are avoiding the subject.

A CD is intellectual property because you can produce an endless number of copies.

When you buy a CD, you have not entered into a voluntary contract with the artist to sell that product commersially. You have instead bought a license to own that product for personal use.

Same with buying a book. Owning a book does not give us the right to print that book and sell the copies on the market. We need to enter into a partnership with the product developer if we have commersial goals.