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How Should I Organize Downloaded Licensed Game Models? - titleknown - 07-03-2018 Heya, I use a lot of models from here in my TinkerCAD work to make stuff, and I try to keep them organized by company. And, out of curiosity, I was wondering, in terms of who actually "owns" the models to games licensed from pre-existing properties, would it make more sense to organize them by what company owns the license (Disney, Nickelodeon, ect) or what company produced the games (THQ, EA, Acclaim, ect)? I mean, I know it'll probably not protect me in the slightest legally because fair use isn't worth a damn in this country, but it'd be a comfort to know at least in terms of filing things properly. RE: How Should I Organize Downloaded Licensed Game Models? - titleknown - 07-18-2018 Well, for some examples: Would the Disney characters in Kingdom Hearts be organized under my Squeenix folder or a folder for Disney characters alongside; say; Disney Interactive games? Would stuff from the Lego Star Wars games be organized under Disney (Because they own the license) or Warner (Because they own Travellers' Tales) Would the stuff from the Xbox 360 Avatars be under their various licenseholders' folders, or under the Microsoft one? [*] Also, as an example of what i do with those models, here's a model sheet I made using a kitbash made from models from THQ's Nickelodeon games, which're relatively clear cut given how THQ and Nickelodeon were so tied for so long: Also, question, would any new character design I made from these collaged assets be free to; say; release under a CC-BY license, independent from those assets I used to design it? Which is why I did this model sheet BTW, so one could theoretically make a model from scratch to use the design without those issues...