Very interesting topic. I do have a few questions though I did download this file and have not printed it yet.
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When a design is yours is it with the planning and research and the hours of getting the model wrong and all the failed prints and realising what works and what doesn’t. And the things you find out along that journey that make it better. or is it seeing something and then recreating it and changing nothing other than the size and a bevel here and there might even be a slight tilt as well?. I do hope it’s with the first bit of the question. I think that’s the best bit.
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you say that “ I show, on video, that I created an independent version in CAD” could someone send me the link to that please i can only see the youtube video of the file already made and being spun around. Is that video enough to show that he made an independent version?
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Moving on to the chair point Correct me again if i am wrong but if that chair was a chippendale are you saying i could copy that and sell it and all so the coffee mug point i worked for royal doulton for 10 years and they all ways went after people that stole there designs i think you are getting confused a cup is a cup yes but the design on that cup even the shape of a mug if it was unique could be protected and you could get taken to court if that mug cup chair was the same or similar to the design but feel free to come up with your own design you can still call it a cup
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This is my next one you say
“I hope this serves as a valuable lesson : Taking inspiration from an idea and creating something unique of your own is not a violation of Creative Commons—it’s how progress is made.”
Where did you create something unique?.
There are 3 files in this discussion the first is the original the second is a bigger one that was made by a third party and was then added to the original uploaders comments where he was asked to upload that profile which he did along with the original profile the third is TenMiles one the middle sized one
If I was to print all three of these out and show 1000 people they would all think that they were created by the same person and i could go out now and get 100 cheairs and show them to 1000 people and they would all say that they were made by different people yes they are all chairs its the design of the chair that makes them different . And the person who actually made the bigger scoop did things the right way that person never said that it was better he never sold the file on etsy so people could then buy it off him he never claims that it was his design
you even kept the name the same and just added XL at the end and i might be wrong here but i think in your pics you even have the original scoop by the side of yours with the words “bigger better scoop” over it implying that yours is better and we don’t even need to compare them or did you cover it to hide the fact that the design is the same. In your video description there is not even a link to the original uploaders page. I would love to know how people think that this is adding to the community.
and not just stifling it with the same stuff that’s not innovation and its not creativity now if what he would of done was take the idea and may be added some holes to get rid of the dust from the pet food even added a little point to the front of it to make it easter to dig into the food that is how innovation works and that’s how he could of added to the design and called it is own that would of even made a good youtube video instead of the one that is up now that is just a commercial
All so the boost system is there to promote original thinking and design the most that i can see that TenMile did here was look for something that was doing well and then use that design for boosts and money if he would of even looked at the comments the second post down is where the bigger scoop is so there was never any need for him to try and reinvent the wheel and still come up with a different sized wheel so TenMile do the right thing and go and download that one because we all know that bigger is better
Got to go now i am in the middle of redesigning the £10 note i made it 1mm bigger all the way around i am going to be rich at last