We don't want stolen designs

Please mind the Update section down below.

If you want the cute cats, visible in the cover picture

• get it from the original source where Susan Cook shared it, or
• within Printables from a source that gives credit

Stolen designs

You may have seen them. Maybe you called them out in their respective Makes section. You might have reported them. And you still see them thriving?

The irony of asking in a contest for repeating patterns and indeed getting an awful lot of repetition of known patterns is not an opportunity to be missed.

Prusa/Printables is the only authority that is able to ensure that everything that happens here is fair game. This model has the clear intention of gathering enough momentum for the topic at hand and thereby placing it high up on the radar of the ones in charge.

Therefore

Your support is needed, either

• give this model a like to thrust the topic to the top of the pile, where it can’t be missed, or/and
• publish a model or remix with an equal intention & explanation and help to create lots of signs on the wall that are equally hard to overlook.

The attached files are suggested contemporary wall art to adorn suitable offices/premises.

Additional

In case this topic gets no traction, the community isn’t bothered enough or the problem is of no concern to Printables, let’s be realistic: I might simply get kicked out in a measure of containment or ride a dead horse out of town, never coming back with it.

If you think there is more to be desired or discuss, feel free to join the newly created Captious Critics group. It’s intended to be a small thorn, collecting and bothering enough, to have positive changes happening.

Sources

The cover photo is a cropped picture made by chuckthedudeman, published on December 13, 2020 and showing his awesome make of Suekatcook's Tessellating Cat Ornament, which was published on January 28, 2016. You may have also seen other pictures like the one of Geek2Nurse's make from December 31, 2017.

Update

We made it, the primary goal of catching up with a very bold upload of a stolen design was reached and the offending model (in fact, the entire account) finally was struck down by Mikolas Zuza.

Now, after causing quite some friction, radiating and receiving heat, it is time to change the tone a bit I think. Dropping the faint resemblance of a demanding rally and accentuate the part of a firm statement, coming from within the community and equally carried by the Printables staff.

What was the secondary goal again, I hear you ask?

Along the way of reaching the primary goal, small shortcomings have been revealed, I think, that could be improved on.

1. The built in report function isn’t known to everyone. 
   • An easy fix. Here is a how to.
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2. There is a perception of reports not accomplishing their goal.
   • Despite the effort and labour that is invested at Printables, the process and outcome is not seen. For a struck down model/account that is expected, but giving the community an indicator to inform on the state of affairs (has been flagged/in process stage x/cleared) might be advantageous for everyone involved.
3. Currently there are models somebody is itching to report or already has reported and they still exist or thrive.
   • These might be pending cases or even models already cleared. Implementing 2. would chill down any unnecessary itching to report or upheaval that may lead to seemingly odd crusades.

Regarding the contests and their aims: The very special mindset of people fleecing everyone and everything is the problem, I think. I do like the contests and firmly stand by MattStultz when it comes to criticizing chosen topics, thinking a contests intention can't be to blame for what entries dribble in.

A big thank you goes out to the Printables staff for their daily effort and everyone involved here. You are all awesome :-)