Last Updated: 18/05/2025

All rights of use for the content on Freepatternsarea.com are reserved under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license unless otherwise explicitly stated for contributors.

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About FreePatternsArea

FreePatternsArea is a provider of free 2D, 3D, and vector design files intended for personal and non-commercial use. This website is operated by FreePatternsArea and protected by national and international intellectual and industrial property laws. All content, including but not limited to models, text, images, structures, and designs, is protected under intellectual property rights owned by FreePatternsArea or licensed third parties.

License for Supporters

Users who make recurring monthly, 3-month, or 6-month contributions through authorized channels (such as Google Publisher Center) are granted a limited, non-transferable commercial use license for the designs available on FreePatternsArea.com. This license is valid only for the billing period during which the contribution is made.
For full details, please see our Commercial License page.

Terms of Commercial Use:

  • Commercial use is limited to physical product manufacturing.
  • Contributors are not permitted to sell, resell, or redistribute the design files themselves.
  • Our website’s design previews, photos, or renders may not be used for marketing, promotional, or sales purposes. Product makers must generate and use their own visuals for any listings or advertisements.
  • Upon the expiration or cancellation of a contribution plan, all commercial usage rights are revoked.
  • This commercial license does not cover third-party intellectual properties such as logos, trademarks, or fictional characters (e.g., Mickey Mouse, Batman logo). These designs are provided solely for fan use or for firms legally licensed to market such characters. Use of these elements in any commercial context without the permission of the original rights holder is strictly prohibited.

This license does not override the default non-commercial nature of the site’s content. Contributors may not republish, copy, adapt, translate, transmit, or otherwise use any part of the website’s content outside the bounds of this specific commercial use allowance, unless prior written permission is granted by FreePatternsArea.

Prohibited Activities

Any modification, reproduction, adaptation, transmission, translation, public communication, or any other use of all or part of the website’s contents, by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, is strictly prohibited unless prior written permission has been granted by FreePatternsArea or the third parties. Any infringement of these rights may lead to extrajudicial, judicial, civil, or criminal proceedings as appropriate.

Usage Rules

  • You may not copy or host our design files or their derivatives on your own website or platform.
  • All free content on this site is intended for personal use only unless covered under a commercial license as stated above.
  • Redistribution of any content, in original or modified form, is strictly forbidden.
  • Attribution must be preserved if content is referenced in accordance with the license.
  • Commercial use without a valid, time-bound supporter status is a violation of our terms.

Reporting Copyright Infringements

If a user or third party believes that their legitimate rights have been infringed due to the inclusion of certain content on the website, they must notify us in writing through the contact form. The following information must be provided:

  • Personal details of the rights holder.
  • If the complaint is submitted by a third party, documentation of their authority to represent the owner must be included.