As I said, I'm not denying that a theft, misrepresentation, infringement or whatever has ocurred, merely suggesting a process. If there is not an official policy here, there should be one. On a side note, anyone who has cruised 3D websites has seen the same models in many places. The point is, how can one be sure where they came from originally? Again, not denying that some of them may be posted illegally. But, I doubt that every model at 3D Cafe was first posted there. I also doubt thet 3D Cafe has done a search to find out if a model was posted somewhere else by someone other than the person who posted it to their site. Even if they did, they would still be in the position of taking one person's word that they created the model. They are depending on the honesty of the submitter, and, as in this case, on the vigilance of people like EA. I don't know what would constitute proof other than a formal copyright. I'd want to have more than an assertion in a readme file that the work was mine. In the case of the famous AutoCad fire nozzle, it's pretty clear and AutoDesk would have certainly had the lawyers to back it up. Stealing is stealing but in the case of material that have been floating around the internet for years, I think it could conceivably become problematic to determine just who's stealing what from who.

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