What is copy right policy on selling vector clipart of disney cartoon characters?
I am creating vector images from the raster images of disney cartoon characters like mickey, donald etc.
Can it raise copyright issue if i sell this vetor images of disney characters. What statement i need to add about copyright. What copyrights applies to seller as well as buyer.
If you make money with those images, or use those images in conjunction with your business, you must get permission from them. Otherwise, yes they can force you to pay. And, by the way, you don’t get to say how much money those images helped you make and therefore how much you should pay Disney. They get to say how much those images are worth, get money from you for their worth, and can also get you to pay punitive damages - in other words, extra money just to punish you for doing wrong. This applies even if you "bought" an image (say, a line art drawing on a clipart CD); read the copyright information on all software, pattern books, etc. before using images.
January 13th, 2010 at 9:40 am
That’s a tough question. Since the Disney character’s are all copyright protected by themselves, that copyright would supersede any subsequent copyright that you would get. I suggest you check out the copyright website for specific information particular to your situation:
http://www.copyright.gov/
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January 13th, 2010 at 10:09 am
You cannot sell other people’s copywritten artwork, even if you re-draw it yourself.
Disney has agressively gone after people using their characters. I remember a day care center being forced to paint over a mural they had done of the dwarves.
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January 13th, 2010 at 10:26 am
If you make money with those images, or use those images in conjunction with your business, you must get permission from them. Otherwise, yes they can force you to pay. And, by the way, you don’t get to say how much money those images helped you make and therefore how much you should pay Disney. They get to say how much those images are worth, get money from you for their worth, and can also get you to pay punitive damages - in other words, extra money just to punish you for doing wrong. This applies even if you "bought" an image (say, a line art drawing on a clipart CD); read the copyright information on all software, pattern books, etc. before using images.
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