Followup question on image copyrights
Quote: Originally posted by scumbumbo
Kind of a grey area - the law is clear enough, if you make a derivative work based on their copyrighted art then you are absolutely breaking the law. The grey area is which companies would be likely to notice and what level of response they would pursue. Some won't notice at all, others might notice and think it's cool that someone made a fan-based artwork, and yet others might immediately send a CDMA take down notice.
Pictures you can freely find on the Internet are not considered copyright free. Even if no copyright notice is explicitly given on the web page, that work is still copyrighted. Even if they've turned a blind eye to web pages that are using that artwork, they can turn around and take umbrage at your copy and send out a CDMA (or worse if you're accepting any form of payment for the work).
At least one of the companies you mentioned, if they should notice the infringement and if you were accepting any form of payment, well let's just say that would make thier day. They'd be pleased as can be to skip the CDMA and proceed directly to a courier delivered cease and desist letter and if the work isn't removed in 24 hours they'd be utterly ecstatic to be able to begin the proceedings to have your car, home and possibly even your children taken from you. After taking everything you own (and possibly even a few things you don't own but happened to drive past on the way to the courthouse), their lawyers would dance naked around a bonfire for hours shouting out their praises to the mighty Walt who hath, even from beyond the grave, delivered unto them another soul to feast upon.
Or they might just settle out of court, dunno. And of course, it's likely they wouldn't even notice. YMMV as they say.
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I am also new to creating cc. I am working on creating Irish pub decor and wanted to use images for whiskey barrel signs to recolor the GT flower woodcut wall sculpture. I will not be seeking any payment for this content when/if I share it. I know that using the images and logos from Guinness, Jameson, Bushmills, etc may fall under fair use. However, some of the images that I have found, that are the best to use are coming from auction websites including ebay, Amazon, and other third-party sites. I have been reviewing the TOU and User Agreements from the host sites and the seller relinquishes intellectual property rights to the host company, but I do not know if I can still use the image, even if I am not making any money on it.
I have been looking for guidance on this which led me to this old post and the closest I have come to a question similar to my current question. I hope I am not breaking any rules by posting my question here, but I worried about creating a new thread when there was an existing one.
Thank you in advance to anyone who can help me with this.