I ask the question, if there were offending posts within that thread.....why could they not just be edited out by the forum moderator?

I have just finished reading the forum rules to refresh my memory and I saw nothing in the initial post of that thread to break any rules.  It was just a short statement of fact.  Does that mean myself or another forum member broke the rules?  This again leads me to the question why was the thread not edited instead of deleted?

However, one forum member persistantly posted misinformation within the thread which had no bearing on the intital post and constantly referred to other threads, no doubt this was in an attempt to have the Truth in Advertising thread removed....and it appears to have worked.

I have asked on several occasions to have a three year old thread removed from the forum to no avail, so it seems it's only those and such as those who are listened to by Reallusion.  What happened to fairness and equality?  Each and every forum member should be treated the same and be permitted to have their say providing it remains within forum guidelines.

This reminds me why I stopped creating content for my Marketplace as well as posting on the Reallusion forum.  However, I will now pursue this through the appropriate channels.

I dare say this post may well find it's way to the scrap heap like some others, no matter, that just adds credence to my statement.

Shy

Hi Shy,

The thread you are referring to was removed because it broke forum rules. While the initial post was within the rules, the OP of that thread then later made direct accusations against another forum member which is against forum rules.

It really is very clear. You simply can't make accusations against another user on the forum. If any forum user suspects another of selling illegal or plagiarised content, they should contact us immediately and report their findings. We will then take the appropriate action. This was made clear to the OP of both threads after the first thread was removed.

I do hope you can understand why this action was taken.

Briefly, publishing on 3D Warehouse makes a work public, in the sense that other users may create derived works and publish them. If you don't want that to happen, don't publish there.

That said, the orginal creator retains the copyright, so claiming a derived work as your own would be a copyright infringement. In other words, it is advisable to credit the original creator. Is it mandatory? I don't know, but that way you would properly acknowledge the original creator.

So, taking a model from 3D Warehouse and converting it into an iClone model (which can be a lot of work), and then publishing it in the RL MarketPlace cannot be considered stealing. However, it would be a dubious practice to claim the model as your own. It would be decent to indicate the source of the model.

When there is no monetary gain, in other words, you provide the model as a freebie, you would simply have saved people time to do the conversion themselves.

As to whether you can charge for such a model, one position is that if you spend a lot of time converting, you could state that you charge for that time, but not for the model. Again, by indicating the source of the model, and actually providing a link, your potential customer can decide whether they find your conversion worth the price or whether they want to try do to it for themselves.

Since RL owns MarketPlace, they of course have a stake in this, and when in doubt, any particular instance should be taken up with them, as Peter (RL) already pointed out. Also, questions in general about the above are best taken up with RL.