Originally Posted by mermaid

Brother co. owns the copyright to the Disney designs and they are only sold to owners of registered Brother Disney machines. They have an army of lawyers to sue an illegal user of the designs and especially sellers of items with the designs. I have read of cases where they get huge settlements, take your machines and all your embroidery equipment and you can even go to jail. I have 3 Disney machines and a Snoopy (which they also own the rights to). I don't really have any interest in the Disney designs, tho I do love Snoopy. I certainly would not take a chance on being seen with a Mickey Mouse on my shirt if I didn't --you never know who that "stranger" might be.