How Can I Protect My 3d Printing Design From Being Stolen?

1.	How Can I Protect My 3d Printing Design From Being Stolen?
Answer» You can place your 3D printing designs under copyright protection law, but that doesn't keep them from being STOLEN, once the design makes it online. If your design has been stolen for profit or the copyright is otherwise being infringed, your only course of action is to issue a DMCA takedown notice or to take legal action. Many startups are working on implementing copyright management into 3D printable object. But there is no GOLD STANDARD yet. You can also place your 3D design under a Creative COMMONS, non-attributable license, which allows other people to copy, distribute, REMIX, transform and build upon the design. However, the user must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license and indicate if changes were made. This license does not permit commercial use of the material placed under the license.

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You can place your 3D printing designs under copyright protection law, but that doesn't keep them from being STOLEN, once the design makes it online. If your design has been stolen for profit or the copyright is otherwise being infringed, your only course of action is to issue a DMCA takedown notice or to take legal action.
Many startups are working on implementing copyright management into 3D printable object. But there is no GOLD STANDARD yet.
You can also place your 3D design under a Creative COMMONS, non-attributable license, which allows other people to copy, distribute, REMIX, transform and build upon the design. However, the user must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license and indicate if changes were made. This license does not permit commercial use of the material placed under the license.

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