Just because you can’t afford the blind box, but because you make it more profitable. However, Rabub is free, but people can lose their freedom.
Recently, a blogger published a video on Xiaohongshu, saying: “Labu is the most popular model of the 3D printing circle. Some people have won 40,000 in three days … If someone has not yet printed it, they are not considered a real 3D printing person.”
Let me declare it first, I did not print it and I even heard this message. But whether on platforms such as Xiaohongshu or Douyin,Racine fabric 3D printingPopularity increases from day to day. Among them, many people only share interest, but some people have already found an industrial channel and make sales.
To give a brief science, Labu is an elf image of the Nordic forest created by the Long artist Jiassheng, and is a basic IP character under the Chinese Pop Mart fashion toy brand. In other words, this IP image is protected by copyright, and manufacturing it and selling it without authorization constitutes an illegal act.
If the Video declaration is true, then this friend who easily earns more than 10,000 yuan per day will probably be more and more “juice”. According to our understanding, a similar bulk supply is currently available, commonly called 3D printing farmer. Whenever a successful product appears, it will certainly make its best to ensure production capacity, but if there is a risk of copyright may not be carefully considered.
Now let’s talk about what recently happened in ShanghaiA case of 3D printing counterfeiting。
Recently, Jing’an police received a citizens’ report that the figure of well -known animation statues that he bought in an online store was a false product. After the identification, it has been found that many products sold in the online store were almost exactly the same as the design drawings of the copyright holder, which constituted a copy of the original work, and was suspected of violation of copyright. During the police arrest operation that followed, the amount involved was deemed as high as more than 33 million yuan. Currently, four people have been arrested and two of them were sentenced.
If you compare the two things above, you will find that they are very similar. The key now isDid Pop Mart take action to protect his rights?. If this is the case, we can see similar criminal cases appear. Here, as an illegal tool, 3D printers are also labeled hacked and become an infringement accomplice.
Calm down and sort the whole industrial channel.You will see that the general process is like that：
First of all, someone discovered a “business opportunity”. A certain intellectual property is very popular. Sales of derivatives related by 3D printing is a profitable company; Then, they find designers to imitate conceptions, and some even download ready to use models directly from websites of existing models and use them.
Then find a 3D printing farm with a production capacity, place an order for them and order hundreds, even thousands of them at the same time; Finally, the 3D printing farm will try to finish printing and expedition as soon as possible. If the production capacity is insufficient, a secondary distribution can be carried out and small farmers will be entrusted to OEM production.
The single production method of 3D printing without storage, production and sales was verified by the market. From the initial carrot knife and to the telescopic sword to the later Dragon and Dragon, etc., including bingdundun of the previous winter Olympic Games and the Wukong black myth, these models protected by copyright, several times 3D printing producers also come without rejection.
We also know that these farmers who lack original design capacities do not have a good time when there are no blows. But just like walking near the river, how not wear our shoes? We still have to stop and think about walking or abandonment. This is also the problem that worried us last year. Things with too low thresholds will be difficult to do for a long time.
Back on copyright, we must tell you about two other things here.
First of allCurrently, free or paid models on the main platforms of 3D printing models are generally limited to non-commercial use. If you plan to print these models and sell them, you must obtain authorization from the author. However, this is often not the case.
Taking the example of the Popular Radish knife, its author is the host of station B “Crazy question Mark 493”. In an interview with China Youth Daily, he revealed: “There are a lot of workers who have made no mounting chain who assemble the` carrot knife ” … The products that are somewhat well known and can be collected are either directly “removed ” by toy manufacturers or copied by peers.”
In a word, the original designers often do not get the reward they deserve, and they do not even dare to disclose their creations.
secondWe have seen many conceptions on the platform on various cultural and creative derivatives, which strictly speaking have counterfeit problems, especially when used for sale. For example, in 2017, Disney asked Thingiverse to delete documents related to Star Wars, and in 2022, Honda also made requests similar to printables because the designer published private models with copyright or brand without authorization.
In other words, these models do not have copyright and naturally do not have the right to authorize third parties for other purposes. If you see related models from a certain brand or IP deleted from the shelves in the future on Chuangxiang Cloud or Makerworld, you should not be surprised.
