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If I create a sculpture and put it on my front lawn, I think it's fair for me to complain if you scan it and start 3d printing and selling copies, even if I intended it to be in public view. Just because I want the public to be able to enjoy my version of something, doesn't mean I want people to feel free to ingest it and monetize it for personal profit.

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Right, but if I look at your sculpture and get ideas on how to make a better sculpture, then make an entirely different sculpture using yours as inspiration, and you get upset that I'm 'copying your style' we generally don't give you much sympathy.

Sure, I was commenting on the "public" aspect, not the "fair use" debate.

Right but you are not a 3D scanner are you?

And if I'm not, then neither is an Ai?..

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