I want to buy an embroidery machine and use it to make baby things to sell. There is a Disney one that includes Disney character images that you can use. They are already downloaded to the machine when you buy it.
My question is, if I use those characters on my items, is it legal to sell it? Or would it go against their copyright?
I would think that by buying the machine that I kind of buy the right to use those images. But I am not sure about this.
Any help is appreciated...thanks in advance!
2007-10-28 14:17:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Thats a tough one.
On the one hand I know there are issues about prated embroidery patterns, just like movies and music.
But if the pattern is included with the machine , from Disney, then clearly those patterns are licensed for your use.
The manuals probably answer your question for you.
My guess, given Disney's history fighting, sparing no expenses, against all Fair Use of their copyrights (it is no coincidence that the length of copyrights was extended by congress just before the first Mickey Mouse copyrights were set to expire) is that you are licensed for personal use only, not licensed to compete with Disney and its partners.
As I said, check the manuals for the fine print, and it might be covered on the web page of the product itself.
see www.chillingeffects.org for a definitive outline of copyright issues in the internet age.
2007-10-28 14:25:36 · answer #1 · answered by Barry C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I found such a machine - "Brother SE 270D Disney Sewing & Embroidery Machine"
I highly doubt that Brother, a huge company, would be looking for legal exposure by selling a machine that could create legal liability for itself.
In other words, you're probably in the clear to use the images in the machine as you like, as long as you don't do something like materially altering them and still claiming them as Disney images. (People do it all the time!) You are paying for the license by way of the price of the machine (I bet it costs more than an equally functional Brother embroidery machine without the images, huh?) Knock yourself out.
2007-10-28 17:27:11 · answer #2 · answered by Shell Answer Man 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no violation on your part because the Disney characters were already on the machine. If in case the owner of Disney characters will sue, the manufacturer of the machine is the one liable not you.
2007-10-28 14:21:44 · answer #3 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you won't be in a place to copyright innovations. you are able to copyright certainly textual content cloth. If the screenplay is so corresponding to yours that that's clearly a derived artwork (they study your screenplay, replaced some words, then wrote their very very own just about same screenplay), then you relatively are in a place to sue for infringement. If that's basically an analogous tale, there isn't something you're able to do. Plagiarism in itself isn't unlawful, as long because it would not volume to copying or starting to be a derived artwork, that's copyright infringement. often, in circumstances of this type, whoever has the main money wins, so pay attention.
2016-09-28 01:05:27 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea, its legal
2007-10-28 14:24:41 · answer #5 · answered by MP5 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋