VeRO does not respond to the sale of 3D model prints without a commercial license
Summary: tmseth1234 discusses the issue of the VeRO program not addressing the sale of 3D model prints without a commercial license.
Hello,
I create 3D models and for a long time I made them available under the CC-BY and CC-BY-NC license, depending on whether the model was less or more interesting to me.
A few years ago I put a 3D model up on Thingiverse to download for free and print under the CC-BY-NC license, which allows unlimited printing of models for private use. It does not allow modifying or selling those models, however.
The model became quite popular and there were people who, either out of ignorance or deliberately, listed prints of my models in their auctions, which the license does not allow.
In most such cases it was possible to explain it, because users did not know that "Creative Common" does not mean that one can / cannot sell commercially and that they need to look into the further information, and they removed the listings from the portals.
Unfortunately, I also have a few people who do not respond to messages asking them to delete listings that break the law, as well as people who claim that the listing had a "Creative Common - Attribution" license and not "Creative Common - Attribution - Non Commercial" and despite the lack of evidence they do not want to remove it from eBay. There is also one person who made a minimal change and sells the model as their own and claims they created it themselves, and that the model may be similar, even though it is clearly 99.9% identical.
I deleted the source 3D model from Thingiverse because I wanted to stop this behavior, but after some time and many messages from users I listed it as paid on Cults3D for 5 Euro, hoping that whoever wants it will pay 5 euros and maybe at least that will discourage the rest. I made the model available for a fee on Cults3D for private purposes under a license similar to CC-BY-NC on Thingiverse.
At the moment I have already twice reported the listings of people breaking the law to the VeRO program, but I did not receive any feedback. The first time, on April 13, I informed them that the seller was breaking the law (I gave the link to the seller's listing), but without exact details (my first report on eBay since I have had an account), so it is possible that they ignored the issue due to lack of evidence. In the second report on April 19, I provided exact information (including the link to the seller's listing), where the model was made available (links), what my Thingiverse account is (link), and that the model is currently on Cults3D and I provided the link. Unfortunately, I also did not receive any response on this matter. Apparently they should respond within 48 hours, but the only thing I got was a report in my inbox and a note not to reply to that message because it is an automated one.
What needs to be done so that eBay removes listings that sellers are selling even though they do not have commercial rights to the prints?
