JHoagland, how is this theft? To play the angel's counterpoint to your devil's advocate section above: 1. The original item may have been free for limited purposes, such as non commercial rendering. Redistribution is often not a part of a freeware license agreement. If the owner says his mesh can be taken and redistributed for whatever you want, then ok. If not, its theft. 2. Reposting for free is not necessarily an element of theft, but might be a contract violation on the license agreement and does speak to the possible damages that incur from the breach. Having the new item available free can actually be more damaging to the creator should the creator ever choose to change his license agreement and start selling his work, or hope that a sponsor picks up on his skills, etc. 3. Whether or not the site that hosts charges, or even takes steps towards security for their contributors doesn't change the fact that it is theft/breach. Again, go to the license agreement. 4. Ok, now reforming the model comes under IP law and quite frankly, I don't know how much, if any, of the mesh must be changed to make it no longer the work of the original creator. That said, the images above look pretty close to me. Anyone know how IP applies to mesh? Might be a point to make here. 5. Giving credit might keep you from being sued for theft/breach, then again, its also an admission. That one cuts both ways. Again, the license agreement. Where is the harm? Interference with business relations, conversion, embezzlement, maybe even some personal harm for the cheater who is not skilled enough to build their own, or for an employer who might hire such a person unknowingly, or someone who downloads it and uses it only to be disqualified in a contest, etc, etc, etc. Oh, there's harm. I might be hard to see, but its there.