Timeline for Can I use the image of a copyrighted character in my commercial design?
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| Dec 3, 2021 at 19:21 | answer | added | Alan De Smet | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 22, 2019 at 20:05 | answer | added | M Guth | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 27, 2014 at 20:35 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackDesign/status/460517566155202561 | ||
| Apr 24, 2014 at 15:41 | answer | added | user22557 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 24, 2014 at 5:30 | comment | added | DA01 | It sounds like this person is selling their scans of copyrighted material. That is genius if they are getting away with it. Granted, if Disney see it, they might realize it wasn't worth it after their lawyers are done with them. | |
| Apr 24, 2014 at 5:29 | comment | added | DA01 | "vectorized JPEG format" = that's not a thing. | |
| S Apr 24, 2014 at 5:14 | history | suggested | Keavon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 24, 2014 at 1:53 | history | edited | Yisela | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 24, 2014 at 1:52 | answer | added | Yisela | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 24, 2014 at 1:00 | comment | added | Nicki | Thank you everyone for your input and suggestions. Just have to say, I could not figure out how someone could sell a product that is not there's and on a such a big site such as Etsy. I am so confused still on that but I am going to tell my client that I will be unable to make this for them without permission from Disney. Thanks again, you've all been so helpful. | |
| Apr 16, 2014 at 20:21 | comment | added | Scott | What you should do is explain to your client that you can not use Disney characters without Disney permission. There's no room for negotiation on that. See here: graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/26844/… | |
| Apr 16, 2014 at 20:19 | comment | added | Scott | That user at Etsy could find they are in trouble. Chances are slim they'll be caught, but what they are doing is an infringement of the Disney copyrights, regardless of all their mumbjo jumbo. They are making money off the use of a copyrighted image. It is more amusing that they also try and implement some sort of copyright protection for themselves when they are clearly infringing upon others. | |
| Apr 13, 2014 at 14:45 | comment | added | Nicki | copyrights and trademarks of the character images used belong to their respective owners and are not being sold, they are provided to you for free. This item is not a licensed product and I do not claim ownership over the characters used. It is important to note that copyright restrictions on the characters only permit graphics to be used for one time personal use. Duplicating, copying, or replicating my work in any way is strictly prohibited. | |
| Apr 13, 2014 at 14:32 | comment | added | Nicki | Thank you all for all for getting back to me on this. Just not sure what to do. Maybe I can just order a print and have her pay me what I paid for the print? I wouldn't take credit for it or any extra money from her. As far as Etsy goes, here is what I found and what it said: Set of 4 Classic Winnie the Pooh Quotes - 8x10, INSTANT DOWNLOAD $10.00 from Etsy - This listing is for four high-resolution, digital images. You will receive the files in vectorized JPEG format. Simply download. It says below that, that it is for personal use and the person selling is not taking credit for any of them. | |
| Apr 12, 2014 at 16:53 | comment | added | benteh | No way I would do that! Legal swamp. I also do see a difference between someone on Etsy selling sew-on-patches with Winnie, and someone re-selling commercially. There is a (at least to me) difference between hommage, fan-art and selling Winnie the Pooh all over again. | |
| Apr 12, 2014 at 11:41 | comment | added | Ryan | Wait something doesn't add up. Etsy doesn't sell images..? Are you working on some more elaborate collage or something? Buying an artists rendition of Winnie The Pooh off Etsy to then cut/glue/sew into something else? Because you don't buy the rights to a picture on Etsy so not sure you're doing?? | |
| Apr 12, 2014 at 7:54 | comment | added | Andrew Leach | Disney owns their version of Winnie the Pooh. Methuen owns the original Shepard drawings and of course, you can draw your own which are bound to be very similar... | |
| Apr 12, 2014 at 3:03 | comment | added | DA01 | Disney owns Winnie. They have lawyers. Lots of them. That said, people pay for one-off custom things all the time featuring copyrighted characters (such as a mural for one's nursery). Just don't let Disney find out. :) | |
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| Apr 12, 2014 at 0:44 | comment | added | Scott | This is a question for a lawyer... but if it were me... absolutely not. | |
| Apr 12, 2014 at 0:35 | history | asked | Nicki | CC BY-SA 3.0 |