Comments on: The truth about copyrights and licensing

By: joshx

joshx — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:25:16 +0000

Hi im in Mexico near the border and im tring to start a clothing company , planing on implementing in Mexico and USA with ecommerce does that mean i have to pay rights in the 2 countries?

By: jonkruse

jonkruse — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:17:22 +0000

I have seen this happen a lot and the best response I have seen to get action is having a community of support on your hands. Talk to them and see if they will take down their design then if they don't tell everyone to email them and contact blogs or any people they work with and let them know.

By: jonkruse

jonkruse — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:14:47 +0000

Of course people can use cupcakes in their shirts. You just can't copy his designs and call them your own.

By: jonkruse

jonkruse — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:13:30 +0000

If your just selling shirts overseas in a place like Taiwon it is hard for the copyright owners to even know what your doing it. There are a lot of places where the local governments don't care about copyright laws and there is a lot of bootlegging going on. It's hard for copyright owners to enforce copyright law in these places.

By: Biaka Zaidarhzauva

Biaka Zaidarhzauva — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:09:11 +0000

What are the effects of doing this over-seas, ie. Taiwan? Considering the Asian market is drenched with 'fake' brands, but even local t-shirt brands are now using Mickey Mouse, transformers and such on their shirts.

By: Dwaynne

Dwaynne — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:30:03 +0000

What about font’s is it wrong if I use someones font and just style it a bit ?

By: Leaner

Leaner — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:37:37 +0000

How do you get your unique designs licensed so no one can use it without your permission?

By: Mo

Mo — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:32:56 +0000

One question I have is about copyrights and licenses of general themes and ideas of t-shirts. For example, Johnny Cupcakes makes t-shirts with cupcakes as a theme. Does this mean that no one else can design even a single shirt with a cupcake on it even if the image used is completely original?

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:18:27 +0000

Ronnie – Honestly, I don’t know. My guess is no because it’s a parody…he took something popular and put a his own spin on it. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s ok. He could have just gotten away with it. On the other hand, he may have gotten permission.

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:54:00 +0000

Hi Ben,

I have a question what about when Johnny Cupcakes does like the air cupcakes shirts or any pop culture shirts that are really similar to the original does he have to get a license for that? It seems like every t-shirt company are poking fun of pop culture and use something similar to the original.