So a cousin of mine is having a b-day this month and i was planning one making her an elsa doll (from the frozen movie) and want to know if i am able to sell the pattern if I call it a princess doll not specifically an elsa doll? I’m pretty sure someone else asked this recently but i didn’t read the responses :/ so if anyone could help that would be great!
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I feel like @trust_level_4 would know
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I don’t think that’s allowed, as it is considered stealing and Disney doesn’t allow that and its just best not to, I think there was a post made about this give me a second and I’ll find it.
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it’s not allowed although people do it. @tygger428 would know more.
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Oh, okay i don’t think i will post the pattern then, tysm for helping!
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Okay thank you, i won’t sell it just to be safe:]
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ofc!! and that’s a good idea :]
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Yea I cant find the post but I did Google it and its considered illegal…
So in my opinion I would say its best not to!
Hope that helps :))
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Yes im pretty sure you can as long as you dont use the copyright name directly.
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No, its not aloud as Disney is really strict with this kind of things and they can take it down if they find out.
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Yeah, you can have many problems, even if it would be free, just like Dania said. They could even have some more judgemental processes
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Ok so I found the post
I’ve got a bit of a foolish question.
I’ve seen a lot of people, both on here and elsewhere, selling crochet items that are trademarked/copyrighted characters, like San Rio and Disney and Studio Ghibli characters.
Everything I have researched says this is copyright infringement.
Am I missing something, and there is some sort of loophole here? Or are people just breaking copyright without knowing and then getting away with it?
I’m not trying to create controversy, just genuinely curious.
Here are some replys with good explanations
using images you don’t own, passing off patterns you don’t own as your own, using licensed images that are both copyrighted and trademarked (Disney, Nintendo, Sanrio, sports teams, movie characters etc) unless you have legal permission from the actual owner, is infringement
Some people don’t know that they are actually breaking the law (in the US Federal law) doing this
Sites make it difficult to take down infringing material as the actual owner has to send (or their attorney does) an officia…
Disney is notorious for aggressively defending their intellectual property rights. A lot of their work is not only copyrighted but trademarked as well
Trademarks have to be aggressively protected by their owners or they risk losing them
I have an associates of arts degree in paralegal studies (I don’t work as a paralegal presently, when I did it was in worker’s compensation, the attorneys who fight for employees injured on the job).
A crochet designer I admire greatly and have followed online for years has written an article about copyright
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Tysm everyone for helping me! @trust_level_4 please close this :]
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