Tomshardware – Etsy has redefined its Creativity Standards to exclude a vast majority of 3D printed goods sold on its website today. Instead of copy-cat 3D printed items, any products 3D printed must be “produced based on a seller’s original design.” 

Items produced using computerized tools: Physical items that a seller produced in their personal shop or home, using computerized tools such as a laser printer, 3D printer, CNC or Cricut machine. These items must be produced based on a seller’s original design and are often personalized or customized to a buyer’s specification.

Etsy policy

That means no more copy-and-3D print spamming of common free and cheaply licensed models. Hopefully this prevents the race-to-the-bottom dilution of Etsy’s artsy brand in which tons and tons of Etsy shops were all start spamming the same 3D printed items – something many say has already been happening.