Hello, Is it safe to upload models to sketchfab? I have seen some forum threads which have information about ripping models. Is there are any functions to protect models? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I've unfortunatly always refused to use any viewer because of this, Back when I was doing 3d printing I could see so many models on 3d printing websites (sometimes to sell!!). I've checked many time and the people selling them weren't the original creator for said models, they had ripped the models out of sketchfab. I…
It's possible to rip models from any 3d viewport/player/game. There's no way to prevent it, the model data has to be sent to the GPU where it can be ripped out.
I'll just copy and paste what I said in the other thread "Well... not 100% as it uses webgl and you can infact rip webgl models(i tried at one point, but not for illegal reasons, I wanted to rip an old game model so I could have nice reference to remaster it in HD) But I've also seen the ceo actively search for these…
Honestly, as artists, we're selling our skills. From this perspective, having a model stolen through an online viewer shouldn't be much of a concern. Even if they decide to sell it, it's really not effecting you (beyond the "they're selling something they didn't make, that's not fair" aspect of it). Because it's unlikely…
You should do what those anti-piracy techniques in games do and make secret changes to the model. So if you see a stolen one, you can tell it's not using the original.