I've been looking into painting murals on walls in private households. A neighbor of mine had mentioned if I could paint Winnie the Pooh or maybe Elmo in his son's room, and that got me to thinking. Since they are copyrighted, would I be sued for making money off of painting a mural of a copyrighted design/character, even if it's not in a public area?
2007-05-17 14:58:51 · 4 answers · asked by D 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Bakeries that used to paint copy-written characters on their cakes ran into this same situation a few years back and were successfully sued for copy-write infringement had and to pay huge fines and penalties, and are now forced to buy licensed charactor kits for cakes.
You could be sued for copy-write infringement if caught trying to reproduce a copy-written character; however, there are no laws against coming up with your own characters of bears or other cute creatures that might appear similar, but with your own unique twist.
2007-05-17 16:59:13 · answer #1 · answered by bottleblondemama 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read the 'Fair Use' clause of the copyright laws. Nothing is ever 100% protected. There are always exceptions that allow others to use copyrighted material.
2007-05-17 15:07:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you're making money out of it, it's a copyright violation.
2007-05-18 01:42:53 · answer #3 · answered by Rooooooooo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry, but if you did it for pay you'd be violating the copyright.
2007-05-17 15:07:51 · answer #4 · answered by TS 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋