copyright questions
#21
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Join Date: Jan 2012
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It means you can't sell the fabric. After you cut it up for a project you can sell the project made with the fabric. just like when purchasing fabric for quilts. We can't resell the fabric as is but we can use it to make the quilts and then sell the quilts. There is personal use and commercial use.
#25
We've had so many copyright discussions here, and what I understand is that once you purchase something, you can do anything you want with it. Except copy the design and sell THAT. But are you really going to make enough money selling items from a college fabric to make it worthwhile if someone decides to give you a hard time. You might want to make an item in the appropriate colors for your team instead of using logo fabric. Just sayin'.
#27
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: USA
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It would do most of you well to read this website, http://www.tabberone.com. These people have been to court on a number of copyright issues and they also have links to numerous court decisions on exactly this sort of thing.
I went to the above link and read most of it. Seems this Bradshaw girl was copying artwork from the internet and claiming it as her own and then she was sueing other people for infringeing on her designs. She finally admitted to the copying, her claims were false and she loss.
No comparison to making items from purchased fabric. Licensed fabric and items made from it is sold all the time on eBay. By the way, I have purchased licensed fabric from Tabberone and she has licensed fabric for sale now.
Last edited by GeeGee; 08-07-2013 at 11:37 PM.
#29
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 159
Thank you. I heard about the Disney claim and loss of suit but was glad to be able to read it for myself.
It would do most of you well to read this website, http://www.tabberone.com. These people have been to court on a number of copyright issues and they also have links to numerous court decisions on exactly this sort of thing.
#30
Copyright Statements on Selvage
A copyright statement as defined in the US Copyright Act is using the symbol © along with the word "copyright" (or abbreviated "Copr."), the first year of publication of the work, and the name of the copyright owner. Nothing else. Any other statement by the copyright owner is irrelevant, extraneous, unenforceable and improper. Many attorneys and company representative will attempt to "claim" that "licensed fabric" is sold for "personal use only" or that the fabric is for "non-commercial home use only". In some cases they will point to similar wording on the selvage of the fabric. There is absolutely NOTHING in state or federal law that gives a manufacturer, distributor or licensee the authority to impose such restrictions upon their product without the prior written consent of the purchaser. Any lawyer or company representative who tells you otherwise is either lying or badly informed, and suspect they are probably lying.
A copyright statement as defined in the US Copyright Act is using the symbol © along with the word "copyright" (or abbreviated "Copr."), the first year of publication of the work, and the name of the copyright owner. Nothing else. Any other statement by the copyright owner is irrelevant, extraneous, unenforceable and improper. Many attorneys and company representative will attempt to "claim" that "licensed fabric" is sold for "personal use only" or that the fabric is for "non-commercial home use only". In some cases they will point to similar wording on the selvage of the fabric. There is absolutely NOTHING in state or federal law that gives a manufacturer, distributor or licensee the authority to impose such restrictions upon their product without the prior written consent of the purchaser. Any lawyer or company representative who tells you otherwise is either lying or badly informed, and suspect they are probably lying.
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