fine, be a stick in the mud, ive read it over and over trying to find a way to interpret it your way. I've searched for internet discussions to back you up. its not happening.
I'm going to use the models, and I'm not going to feel bad about it. I'm not going to spend any more time on this impass.
to a google search for "3dwarehouse intellectual property law" and it will bring up many such discussions all saying the same thing.. models are fair game to reuse even in commercial content.
8.2 You should be aware that Content presented to you as part of the Services, including but not limited to advertisements in the Services and sponsored Content within the Services may be protected by intellectual property rights which are owned by the sponsors or advertisers who provide that Content to Google (or by other persons or companies on their behalf). With the exception of Content generated by you, you may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on this Content (either in whole or in part) unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by Google or by the owners of that Content, in a separate agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, you may modify, distribute, and create derivative works of Content uploaded by other users in 3D Warehouse.
YAY, thanks for commenting to let me know :)
fixed archive. the old one wasnt working for me either, even after re-uploading it. so now its a zip archive. thanks O.L.
fine, be a stick in the mud, ive read it over and over trying to find a way to interpret it your way. I've searched for internet discussions to back you up. its not happening.
I'm going to use the models, and I'm not going to feel bad about it. I'm not going to spend any more time on this impass.
to a google search for "3dwarehouse intellectual property law" and it will bring up many such discussions all saying the same thing.. models are fair game to reuse even in commercial content.
and another discussion over at blenderartists
http://blenderartists.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-131594.html
No they dont.
here's a good discussion on the subject
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=38857
more
http://www.google.com/intl/en/sketchup/3dwh/tos.html
8.2 You should be aware that Content presented to you as part of the Services, including but not limited to advertisements in the Services and sponsored Content within the Services may be protected by intellectual property rights which are owned by the sponsors or advertisers who provide that Content to Google (or by other persons or companies on their behalf). With the exception of Content generated by you, you may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on this Content (either in whole or in part) unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by Google or by the owners of that Content, in a separate agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, you may modify, distribute, and create derivative works of Content uploaded by other users in 3D Warehouse.
i dont think that means what you think that means.
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/preview_tos.html
one of my favs
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=6adbb97cb78b2b8e153050c10dfa4b4d&prevstart=0
cheers!
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