Legal to sell?

[Bob Penikas]

Howdy,

I provide these horse heads as gifts.

The plans were a free paper model download from the internet and I, just with a few design changes, substitute soda and beer can aluminum.

I have a few completed "Santa" Coke can horse heads that have interested
folks offering to purchase. By me saying "not for sale" appears to be driving up the offers.

Legally am I allowed to sell my work?

Thanks,

BP

[SJPONeill]

I would opt for 'yes'. The product you are selling is your labour and your skill.

[Vermin_King]

Yes, you are selling the product of your labor. I don't think that it would be a bad idea to put a sticker inside it saying something like 'Crafted by Bob Penikas from plans found at Sasatoku', or something like that

[Bob Penikas]

Thank you.

I am having difficulty finding the source of the original download from back in 2005.

Once established I will credit the designer.

Thanks again,

Bob

[Vermin_King]

https://web.archive.org/web/20140202...aft/index.html

It is under 'zodiac'

[Kevin WS]

Originally Posted by SJPONeill

I would opt for 'yes'. The product you are selling is your labour and your skill.

100% correct! Of course you can.

Many people sell items made from kits as well - from plastic kit dioramas, 3D printed ornaments, wooden ships and artwork. There is a huge industry around buying dress patterns and then making and selling clothing. A friend buys lampshades and hand paints them for resale. No different.

Its nice to credit the original designer, but if you cannot find the original designer don't worry. Designers do not credit the software they use (rarely) and most made objects do not credit the designer either except where they are famous and it is a sales boost.

[jaffro]

If you've built some models and someone wants to buy them, personally, I'd say go for it, you're putting in a fair bit of effort there.

Some designers might have a problem with you profiting from their design, others won't.

This comes up a lot in the 3D printing world. Files to 3D print are available free or for sale, some designers specifically ask that you do not sell either their original files or anything you print. Other designers are perfectly happy for you to sell their designs as printed models as long as you don't claim to have designed it yourself.

You are providing the service and the materials, you can charge for that but be aware this is not going to be OK with all designers of all paper kits. If you're planning on mass producing built models of someone elses design to sell for profit, I think you're probably infringing some copyright laws though.