Content & IP Policy

3D printing makes physical things from digital ones — which makes the rights question unusually concrete. This page is the plain-English version of one rule: reconstruct and print what you have the rights to.

What is fine

• Your own photos — objects you own, people who have agreed, pets, your own artwork
• Products you designed, or designs released under licenses that permit this use (check the license)
• Functional shapes for personal use (a replacement knob, a bracket, a holder)
• Fan-art for personal, non-commercial use in jurisdictions where that is permitted — your call, your risk
• Shapes you generated with AI and modified yourself — with the caveat that the training-data question is unsettled everywhere, so treat commercial use thoughtfully

What is not fine

• Turning someone else's protected character, sculpture, or product design into files for sale
• Copying trademarked logos or brand shapes for commercial prints
• Bypassing paywalls: reconstructing a 3D model you would normally buy from its creator
• People's likenesses for anything they have not consented to

What we store (and why complaints are simple)

Nothing. The converters never receive your files (they run on your device). The AI tool passes your prepared image through to the reconstruction engine and keeps no copy; result links expire in about 24 hours. That means there is usually nothing on our side to take down — but we cooperate fully with legitimate complaints about how the service is used, can block access for tokens we can identify as abusive, and will pass credible legal complaints to the right places.

If you believe your rights were infringed

Write to support@stlgenie.shop with: what the content is and where it was published; what right you hold (copyright, trademark, design, likeness) and evidence of it; and what you want done. We act on credible notices, and where the law provides a formal process (for example DMCA takedown), we follow it.

A note on printing other people's things

The hobby norm is generous — remixing and printing for yourself is a huge part of what makes 3D printing joyful. The line that matters is scale and commerce: personal experiments with your own photos are the use case this site is built for; turning someone's protected work into a product is a different thing, and it is on you to know which side of the line your project is on.