Unfortunately yes. Still waiting for action on this.
If they want to allow a sketchy side-show with legally-questionable assets then it should be a separate market to separate developers from hobbyists making 3D prints.
Hey wait a second, that’s how it used to work…
Well, to be fair, I haven’t seen an lot of AI generated icons, this week.
But most of the stuff that I found after taking an break appears to be something that was manually made (like a nude model of an licensed character)
Yesterday: https://www.fab.com/listings/f7ef0ce8-3179-4a1f-9809-7f8485e1a6a1 (and I’m only looking into UE content).
It really turns into a problem when it says it’s not made by AI when it clearly is. I mean come on, more than half of the ““products”” of the guy is labeled as non-AI. The Staff should nuke every product mislabeled that he has and there should have some tougher policy to enforce this, specially to profiles that only produces AI content for profit.
To be frank, I would just throw all that AI stuff in their own “AI” section and forbid it anywhere else. Make them sign a non-liability contract or something so Epic doesn’t get screwed over for the AI mislabeled/IP problems coming from sellers… Maybe a 3 strike policy?
One thing is making use of AI lightly on the project to fill some gaps that would be expansive or time consuming to do otherwise, but when “auto generated 10000+ references/icons/audio/images23D in one project junk” is pretty much all there is to offer to the product, it shouldn’t compete for space together with serious sellers. No one knows which AI database the seller used, if its stolen or not, what if I put that junk into my game and it gets called out?
Plenty of people said this already, this is not a marketplace meant for hobbyists. I’m not trying to be a ■■■■ but people can get into trouble for this. Legal Trouble.
that is not enough when it comes to some inviduals… like this GhoostLines guy who has now his third account on FAB selling stolen content:
https://www.fab.com/sellers/GhoostLines%20Studio
He changes his email but the name is always same KRISH SALARIA, so it should not be that hard to know it is the same guy when he applies for a trader verification.
I can see that you removed the alien pack and weapon pack he had there (both packs had content ripped from UnityStore), but the account is still on FAB.
If it is not already clear to FAB team:
The only reason many of us stick with FAB is because there is no true alternative
that fully supports UnrealEngine. If there was an alternative onlinestore, I would not think twice about moving on and letting FAB die quietly. I know I am not alone with this tought.
EpicMarketplace and Sketchfab should have remained separate stores.
I can see no reason for letting an account remain when they’ve had multiple assets removed for blatant IP theft. 
An unified storefront would always sound like an good idea, no matter the medium. But with what we’re finding and our very specific situation around our choice of occupation, this is something that isn’t really benefiting anyone, aside from the free content that we get every 2 weeks.
Very much the truth
Unfortunately it’s hard to put the toothpaste back in the tube after you’ve squeezed it all over the floor
aside from the free content that we get every 2 weeks.
Honestly, if there’s no vetting for IP Infringement I don’t even want these. Same why Epic Launcher can’t compete with Steam: You can’t just lure people in with free stuff, you have to actually offer a better market.
This
if there is no vetting I cant trust the content off this site
I do have other channels I can get content so I dont depend on FAB and have gone elsewhere
As to offering our own assets well sadly no
FAB is not fit for purpose, we cant do subscription, maintenance, paid updates or really anything that would be required of a tools developer to support our clients. I DEFINITELY wouldn’t put any “content” e.g. art or similar up.
And we recommend our clients avoid FAB for these reasons its a legal liability at best and even when there are solid tools on it you know are safe and well built … they cant be updated properly or maintained properly so you just end up going direct to the publisher anyway so why bother with FAB at all.
Do you recognize this one? I certainly remember this tileset from my childhood.
So, for the Zelda fans amongst you, I have an question. Does the rooms in this listing matches the layout in any of the older Zelda games? Because it’s giving me some deja vu vibes from Minish Cap, but I require actual proof so I can report it
this dungeon tileset seems to be over 4 years old, created by Daniel Thomas.
also 4 years ago AI generating was not a thing yet, so it is not AI.
EDIT: it is 9 years old according to unitystore.
I believe it is original assset that does not violate copyrights.
Maybe some ideas are from zelda, but this seems to be a legit asset.
https://danielthomasart.com/top-down-tilesets
https://www.fab.com/listings/8bd4d443-0e98-4b21-a634-fcee6295e39a
now for this snake temple, again maybe some ideas are from zelda, like this snake gate on zelda swamp palace:
so overall my opinion is that both asset packs are ok to use, and they do not violate copyrights.
as a sidenote: i find it very sad that i have to go to UnityStore to read reviews since FAB does not have a review\comment feature…
Thanks for replying. But the reason that I mentioned this one because this felt an little bit too similar to the final dungeon of Minish Cap.
As for the other one I wasn’t entirely sure on account of how it was presented
Yeah i do see what you mean, it is very similar in design to minish cap.
But overall it is a lot different so i dont believe this would cause any Intellectual Property violations.
minish cap map:
comparison of the asset and zelda:
zelda:
yeah lol, he should change the description 
it will cause misunderstandings for sure…
“This is a retro, Zelda-esque dungeon construction set for top down adventure fun in 3d”
EDIT:
here is description what zelda-esque is for those who dont know about it:
"
“Zelda-esque” refers to video games or other media that are inspired by or similar in style, mechanics, or design to the Legend of Zelda series.
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That isn’t exactly an fair comparison, since thatvwasn’t the exact area that I was referring to. But I think that I’ll report it, anyways since I’ve already drafted out an email
What was free is not stolen and put for money. I search and search and can’t find what i know is there.
If you want to publish a model for free, you create it instead of grabbing someone else’s work and putting it for free. This is how the law sees it.
I’m fatigued by the responses that are all just about “how can I get free stuff,” this isn’t the outlet for script kiddies - this thread is about IP theft
FAB needs to be legally viable for Indie devs, and action is required on Epic’s part to make that happen.
Rather you offer it for free or not doesn’t change the fact its stolen
Theft doesn’t require you make a profit off it
If you did not create the thing you have NO RIGHT to offer it to anyone under any conditions.
it is absolutely theft to take something you do not own the rights to and do anything within in that capacity.
