Intellectual-property and seller policy

1. Ownership and authority

A creator may publish a project only when they own the relevant rights or hold documented authority to publish, license, and offer manufacturing for it. This includes rights in drawings, geometry, logos, characters, photos, video, instructions, code, and included third-party assets.

• Do not upload copied, scraped, leaked, reverse-engineered, or unlawfully derived projects.
• Do not use trademarks, patented features, registered designs, copyrighted characters, or another creator identity without the required permission.
• Open-source or purchased assets may be included only when their original license permits the exact resale and manufacturing use offered.
• Creators must retain source records, permission documents, and license evidence for review.

2. Public preview protection

Public project pages accept approved raster images and video only. Sketcut does not intentionally expose the private project source, CAD document, SVG path data, editable 2D workspace, interactive 3D mesh, or source archive on those pages.

3. Source licenses and manufactured orders

• A source purchase grants only the rights written in the license snapshot accepted for the purchased version. Ownership is not transferred unless the terms explicitly say so.
• Each paid source order is tied to one approved version, a license version, price, terms snapshot, buyer account, download limit, and audit record.
• A manufactured-product order does not grant access to the creator source. Sketcut and authorized production staff may use it only to quote, manufacture, inspect, and fulfill that order.
• Creators may not materially misdescribe project contents, compatibility, required tools, dimensions, or production readiness.

4. Design services and gigs

• A service listing must accurately describe its scope, deliverables, typical delivery time, included revisions, pricing paths, and representative cover image.
• Designers may offer a fixed price, a custom quote, a special-order quote, or any combination. A recorded quote is not proof of payment; payment is confirmed only by a separate payment record.
• Customers must provide lawful requirements and may not ask a designer to copy protected work, evade safety rules, impersonate another party, or create deceptive or prohibited material.
• Both parties should keep scope decisions, quote terms, delivery status, and material project communication inside the private service workspace so there is a shared record.
• Listings may not contain off-platform payment instructions, misleading credentials, fabricated work samples, hidden fees, or contact details intended to bypass platform protections.

5. Review before publication

New projects, service listings, and creator updates remain private until staff review the supplied claims, previews, scope, pricing clarity, license terms, linked production part, version record, changelog, and source metadata that apply. Approval is not a legal determination of ownership and may be reversed when new evidence appears.

Staff may approve, request changes, reject, hide, suspend, or remove a project or service. Review decisions and source-file access by staff are logged.

6. Rights reports and counter-information

A rights owner or authorized representative may submit a private report from the project page. A useful report identifies the rights owner, claim category, protected work, disputed material, authority to act, evidence links or case references, and a good-faith accuracy declaration.

Sketcut may request identity or ownership evidence, preserve relevant records, temporarily restrict a listing during review, notify affected parties when appropriate, and reject incomplete, abusive, or unsupported claims. Knowingly false reports may lead to platform action and external liability.

7. Enforcement and financial controls

After staff review, actions may include education, a formal warning, an IP strike, project suspension or removal, withholding or reversing affected earnings where permitted, a documented financial penalty, temporary account suspension, or account closure. Severity considers intent, evidence, repetition, buyer harm, cooperation, and applicable law.

• A financial penalty requires a recorded amount, reason, evidence reference, staff identity, status, and resolution history.
• Account suspension or closure requires an explicit staff action; it is never triggered only by an unreviewed public report.
• Sketcut may cooperate with lawful court, regulator, payment-provider, or rights-owner requests and preserve audit records as required.

8. Corrections and appeals

Creators and reporters may provide counter-information or request reconsideration through Sketcut support, referencing the project, report, order, or enforcement ID. A reviewer who was not the original decision-maker should handle a material appeal where staffing permits. Resolution does not automatically restore an account or republish a project; those are separate recorded decisions.

9. Agreement and updates

Submitting a project or service records acceptance of the current policy version. Material policy changes apply to future submissions and updates; existing purchase license snapshots remain unchanged. Project-specific license terms cannot override platform safety rules or applicable law.