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Hope this helps clear up Teespring Copyright rules! Let me know if you have any questions in the comments!
one quick question. If I have permission to use a quote, do I need to let TeeSpring know so it doesn't get removed and negatively impact my trust score?
Hi, I created a shirt on placeit. It was a dragon head that said Senior Wrath 2020. I then received an email from teespring saying; "it has been terminated early due to content concerns. It appears your campaign may be using content owned by a third party". Why did I get this? Please advise.
Hi greg! Your videos are great. I'm learning a lot from it. I have a question, if i Photoshopped photos of athletes, will i still violate Rights to publicity/privacy?
I have a question Greg I’ve made something on teespring based on your video, I’made it from scratch but I’m not sure whether someone else has something similar, so how do I know whether someone else has it before ?
@James Wedge I have the same doubt!
I didn’t know all this, especially about celebrities and quotes. Thank you!😀 Happy New Year!
Happy new year! That's what I'm here for! Hope it helped you!
This is extremely important info ... and exactly what I was looking for to understand how to safely start my art and inspiration for teespring ... thanks for clearing up the rules 🤗
Hi Maria! Thanks for the comment! I'm so glad it was what you were looking for! You're very welcome :)
Hi Greg, Thanks for the great videos man. I had a question though related to copy right. How do you know that your are actually coping someone on tee spring or not while you are designing your shirt ?
Lets's assume you came up with something, how can you be sure that's it's not already taken. Thanks!
Can i use Canva and free Canva elements/templates to make designs for t-shirts, or does Canva have copyright on images over use of resale?
Hi Greg
I see there are “I ❤️... “ and “straight outta ...” tees and website generators for these two pop culture designs. Is it true that combination of two words cant be copyrighted and thats why its is used ... and the exact designs are trademarked ? Would using this be parody or fair trade use?
Hello Greg. Thank you for the amazing content, it has been very helpful. I have a question: ¿Can I use altered movie dialog to make a t-shirt?
Hey thanks for the info really appreciate it! Are things like a professional ball players stats somehow in this realm of trademark and etc cause there name is being used to display who’s stat it is? (Like on a t-shirt or something for example)
Hey Gregg,
How do we check if someone used ours? Or if we came up with one, and without noticing there was someone else that already said that quote?
Can I use a Smiley (2 eyes and mouth with yellow color) on my print if I designed it myself?
Hey Greg! Love your content! Keep it coming. I wanted to ask about using particular words. I recently got a strike because the word "pil" was in my title. I meant to type pillow but I was out of characters and it cut it off to "pil". Never would I have guessed that a word like "pil" would be a violation. So now I am gun-shy about words I use. What about a word like "Grind"? Any way to check on these before I use them? Should I email Teespring before I list something? Thanks!
Hey Greg! I have been thinking about designs that include photos of my property (taken by me). So I was wondering if I have to protect those pictures somehow or any advice you can give to me in this situation
Thanks a lot Greg for such amazing content. I have query about this copyright.
I have found a niche for my t-shirt designs and found some inspirations also. I want to go with the Words at the beginning. But how am I supposed to know that someone hasn't done that words before me?
Wow! Glad to have come across your videos! Thanks a lot..
I got a doubt.. How to ensure that the quote or symbol or anything that we are about to use isn't already used by someone else?
Hi Greg, What are your thoughts about sketches or drawings of public statues (statue of liberty would be a prime example)? Thanks for your comment and thanks for the videos!
hey greg nice video , i just wana ask that
What if i make a design and it is similar to someone coincidencely
Thx. I just saw my tshirt exact quote and same font on someone elses website..i was shocked because that was my first online design!! Do u have any videos on how i can turn it into a profit by creating a license for my quotes???
Hey Greg love your videos
Quick question: I made a unique logo for my teespring store front, after doing some searching I found one online website. It has the same name but my logo has a totally different design also mine has a hyphen in the name. Should I consider changing it?
Thank You!!!
Can you do a video on "artist" taking designs from teespring, that are not there's, and using them on other platforms Please? ...personally going through this.
You do awesome work!
Your videos are really helpful. Thanks a lot... I also had a doubt, like in one of your videos you talked about copyright on text what about copyright on pictures for example I take a picture of the cartoon spongebob will it come under copyright ? Or am I free to pick any?
What Camera do you use. And music in the background very good
Hi Greg,
First of all nice content. Thank you. Now if you have 1 minute I have a question for you: How can I check if a design it's already used or not?
Thank you for your time !
Thank you for the video, it’s very helpful. Can I print on demand song lyrics? Not an entire verse but just some words. Thank you 🙏.
I have a simple tshirt on Merch by Amazon with 2 catchy words. How do I stop someone from copying it, changing font and selling on other platforms?
Hi Greg hope you and your family doing well, during all this Covid 19 Stuff. My question in some of my designs I like to use Printed fabric in the Design illustrations, we use to just buy the material and make items to sell but now this is all digital. Do you know if there is Copyright Infringement with using Printed Fabrics in Designs?
Hi Greg, why would I need a trademark of I’m only going to be selling tee shirt designs on 3rd party sites like tee spring or Merch?
Great video! If I wanted to get permission from a band, like pink floyd, to use their lyrics on my t-shirts...any idea how I would go about doing that? Any idea what they would charge?
Hi Greg, I just found out about your videos yesterday, def subscribed and almost watched them all! I was wondering if it's allowed to print random funny photos from Google such as memes or other funny photos that's relevant to covid19 virus situation thats made by other designers? If it's not allowed that means all sellers design their own prints before printing on shirts, correct? Maybe I have to ask whoever designed those pictures the right to use them on the shirts? Just tryna figure out how this works before I get into it, thanks alot!
What if I accidentally copy someone's design? I mean, it can easily happen with designs that consist only of text. Maybe someone else had the same idea before me on some other website and I had no idea about it.
How do you Check to make sure there is no trademark or copyright issues beforehand ???👀
I hope you reply to this.
what about anime designs i got that i cannot use the original design...but what if i create me own design but use the anime character For example (as a silhouette).
I've gotten mixed answers from the internet and I've seen so many of your videos and trust your advice so thank you for that and what do you know about
Copy write for
Bible verses- legal to use or no?
Quotes of people. Including their names.
People no longer living? Legal or no?
Still living? For example, Bill Gates...Legal or no?
I get images from the internet (like tony stark, peter parker) and trace over them and colour them in, leaving their faces blank. I also put fictional character quotes on my designs. Is that copyright or can it be copyrighted? someone who has a lot of sales and who does what i do told me that it isn’t copyright unless if i copy and pasted an image and that it’s alright if i drew the design
That was good the fine line between infringement and inspiration
Brother you have done a great job. But I have a question.
If any of my design has the copyright previously that I was unknown that job, how can I find if my job is copyrighted or not?
Is it original if I was inspired by a logo trademarked and added to it ? here is an example spearment gum lets say I added the word - ISH like spearment-ish and used the same colors on a gum package. Would I be ok because I added ish to it? Or can I email you an example I havent been able to find help its for a t shirt.
Can we use the word like "Iron Man" or "Ross","Monica" or name of any celebrity in some Movie
Short answer no, Those are copyrighted or trademarked.
Another great video. Thanks for this!
Thank you!
Thank you brother for sharing.
So if I just make phone cases of pinctures from pinterest about a manga, that is copy righting? And what are the consequenses of that?
Hey can we use copyrighted quote but, in our own design like "it is what it is" ? please help me out.
So... What do I do if I make a unique design I came with myself, and it just so happens to resemble another shirt I've never seen before a little too closely?
Very good put together video, It was very educational I learned a lot thank you.
Thank you for taking the time to comment and for the support Denis! I really appreciate it and as always if you have any questions at all, feel free to reach out anytime!
Thank you for your video, I'm still a bit confused on if it would be considered disrespectful for what I'm hoping to do with my designs. What about photographs, say photographs that were taken of the solar system, technically original copy art, could you help me with this question? I'm just not sure if taking a legitimate photograph would be considered copywriting ? Thanks in advance!! 😁
quick question, Let's say I just the first name of the celebrity (e.g 'Nicki' short for Nicki Minaj) will this still consider as illegal? because I'm short it have other people name nicki
What if I printed an image from Google and pasted it on a t-shirt but for personal use/not to profit out of?
Can I go ahead and launch my original tee shirt designs before I actually copyright them? Also shouldn’t I place the small C inside a circle at the bottom of my work to affirm its protected
If I were to colour a colouring sheet and make it a cutout (png) and therefore use it as a design on teespring, would that be copyright?
How do we search Teespring for words or phrases that we want to put on our designs that have not already been done by someone else?
I thought what you describe here at about 3:18 is what I did but teespring took it down. It was my very first attempt at designing and listing on teespring. 😒 Any ideas on how I can get them to explain what I did wrong so I can move forward without being a repeat offender?🤔
I have a question.
So I have this one design of Loki in my mind. It's not copied from anyone nor is it showing the face of any celebrity but due to the costume, it is very obvious that it is inspired by the MCU. Does that count as copyright infringement?
How does copyright apply to auto makes and models? You can look at any print site and find numerous examples of designs with manufacturer's names and logos and/or specific car models. Is this considered fan art or is there just so much of it the companies can't do anything about it?
Great question! Personally, I always stay away from these (I'm actually surprised they haven't been flagged and removed already!). Any brand names or logo's are big no-no's no matter the industry. Fan art can be in the gray area, the more creative and custom you make it, the more protected you are.
For copyright checking, I'm using TMHunt and the USPTO, and while searching as a full keyword, I haven't received any copyright responses, but while searching the same terms in a split search, I can see some copyrights for some words. These kinds of keywords can I use in my designs, or is it better to leave them out?
What about copyrighted typefaces and typefaces that say they aren't for commercial use? Thoughts?
Great question! I definitely recommend avoiding using any fonts that are not commercially usable. It's better to be on the safe side and not risk your POD accounts. I hope that helps!
Can we make shirts with sports team colors or logos but add my own captions along with it?
what if I create a shirt with a quote and the face of an historical character like Marcus Aurelius or something, for example?
Great video! Just a queston, can i for example take 2d watermelon and make my own quote and sell that?
I've submitted 3 designs (different 4 or 5 word phrases) which had Halloween related subjects. I searched Teespring and elsewhere for similar phrases but didn't find the exact wording. Two of the designs got kicked (and I got the infringement emails). The ones that got kicked have monster in them, but I couldn't find my exact phasing in my research. Monster seems like such a general term that I was really surprised (ex: Monster of Love-mine, vs Love Monster, an existing phrase). How do I avoid this (research processes, etc.) and do I risk damaging my relationship with Teespring by continuing on like I have? If they are that sensitive to design idea infringement, I don't see how I can get enough designs to make this viable. Please advise. Thanks.
Do you think it's okay to find images on Google but have my own original words like I use the picture of roses that I found on Google can I get in trouble by the person that took that picture
How I do know if someone has stolen my design in teespring
what if i use parts of google images and texts on my designs? Does this count as copyright?
Viewed this video one design too late. Nothing intentional, but it doesn't matter. Disney don't play. Lesson learned. Thanks for all your great videos!
Dang.. No worries if it's just once. You're right, Disney does not mess around!
Hi Thank you for your videos
Can I use a movie title on a shirt?
hi! I was wondering if using emojis in your design is copyright ?
Let's say I would design a rectangle ( rather than circle )blue and white like BMW , and with theirs's font I design a "BNW", would you that?
What about free usage items that have expired copyright like art from a B-movie poster from the 50s - example; Attack of the 50 foot woman?
hey Greg I'm having trouble figuring out what images i can use on shirts. I'm specifically interested in using pictures/memes of politicians, newsworthy persons/events, and historical persons/events. These are images we've all seen on facebook or reddit, are immediately recognizable, and very hard to track down original photographer/artist
these could also include bastardizations of famous and loved animated characters
What about shorts phrases. Like only 2 words that might be similar to a song for example. How can we find out what’s legal and what’s not in terms of words and phrases? I do know that you can’t copyright a pose, but you can’t trace or match an illustration or photo. I think when writing songs for example, you can have 6 notes or something like that, that are the same before you get into deep water. What are the rules about lyrics or phrases?
What about the images that we found online and it is free. Can we use it alone on a thsirt or we need to add something on it. Or we shouldn't use it.
Can we use something from games? Like quotes or pics?
love how the camera is clean.. love the vides
Thank you!
I am usually using quotes for my deisgns. Before using the quotes, I did a bit of research and it mentioned that I can use quotes of famous people who are no longer around. Is that still copyright?
Sherin Sultana On average, the copyright in a work lasts for 70 years after the death of the author, after which the work will no longer be protected by copyright. The duration varies slightly from one country to another.
Hi. Just came across a profile on instagram with 17k followers. They liked my shirt design last week and are now sending their followers to their own teespring link with my exact design. Exact in phrase, text font, and spacing... how do I report this?
The real question is how do you know if your original work is violating any copyright. It is possible for two people to have the same idea. It is very hard to find out if that idea is already in use anywhere in the world or on the internet. I have tried to check a few ideas and I am pretty sure they are free from copyright infringement, but I never feel completely confident in that.
Hy there. I would like to know the same like Araya. Moreover what about content that is used by several people on T-Shirts like: “I survived 2020” or “What if 2020 is a trailer for 2021?”. Can I use those phrases with my own original design and way of writing it on a t-shirt? How should I know if it is infringing copyrights or not? I don’t know who said it first :))
I saw a top-selling hoodie on teespring with just a Mario on it, is that copyright? if it does it justice, the hat is popping up from Mario's head. Is it okay to use google filter and use copyright free images on commercial purpose too?
Hey Greg, I don't know if you'll read this comment, but i just wanna thank you so much for all your content, you're inspiring me a lot to setup a good passive business, but the prob is couple of my works got suspended :( I just used in-game phrases and memes of popular games, in the design and the description, without mentioning the name of the game, will that be a problem regarding the trust score, I haven't made any sales yet, its just 2 days tho :( I posted 3 designs so far, and I'm losing hope since already two of those three got suspended due to teespring's strict copyright rules and trust scores, I'm completely new to this so I have the least idea, so should I still continue posting designs, i feel like i wanna make a sale so badly after all the effort, is there a chance to revert them by making good designs and a couple of sales, or any other possibility? Another doubt is if there's someone who has used a design, image or template from placeit on their t-shirt, and if I tend to use the same image/template with a different text, will that listing be suspended due to copyright, I mean its still legal for all the people with pro subscription to use placeit templates and images right?
Greg can you make the specifics about POD in like the other country like Bulgaria or something I will be very happy about this cuz I am worried about the copyrights I mean yeah I watched your vids about that but still I am not US person so I don’t know hat tool to use to show me the copyright and trademark information internationally also I am worried about the taxes and fees how this works I watched your videos about the taxes too but still I am worried
Can I use images from canva or envato elements?
Can I use my original artwork on my products in teespring?
What about using the exact phrases but different typography?
Great question! It's definitely a gray area.. I recommend playing it safe and changing up the quote a little bit to make it your own and then you won't have any issues at all :)
Hi Greg, I know you cannot copyright a phrase. It is too general. However, Teesprings policy may be different in this matter. For example: If you do a search on Teespring for "Woke AF" many shirts come up by many different sellers. Now each tee has a different font, color design but the words are the same. Can you elaborate on this? I read teesprings policy but it was not clear. If this is not allowed how come so many cases of this happening? Thanks
Sure! Technically phrases can be copyrighted/trademarked within their usable context. However for t-shirts, it's a gray area. The rule of thumb to stay safe is as follows: Don't use anything that you think is copyrighted/trademarked, and the owner would pursue it. Technically, by creating an original design, you are the copyright owner (technically). However it's more important to focus on the formally protected copyrights/trademarks from companies/brands. For t-shirts, stay away from company owned verbiage and be sure to customize everything to be your own. The more you customize, the more you are protected.
Hi Greg. I have a question about t-shirt copyrights on Teespring, Merch by Amazon and Red Bubble....
Can i quote things from songs or films...
For example, could i quote Tony Montana from Scarface and make a t-shirt that says
"Say hello to my little friend"
(I'm not going to do that, just an example)
Or quote a line from a song...
for example...
"I fought the law and the law won"
(The Clash)
PS love your channel and am in the process of setting my first income streams up & running.
Thanks for the great videos
John
What have you found anything about that?
I was wondering the same thing
Hi,
Great video, thanks for the information. I was just wondering, would it fall under Copyright rules if I used words or a quote from something in public domain?
Thanks for asking! There's always some gray area on copyright in print on demand. I recommend shooting an email to sellers@teespring.com to get written confirmation before going for it :)
Greg Gottfried thanks!
@@GregGottfried i have idea idea for a shirt which i seen a shirt with the same word. But i would be using the word with a diffrent logo.
can we copy quotes and change the image?
First and foremost, awesome video and content! I really appreciate the work you've put into helping us out. Quick question about copyright infringement: Can you share a link to your resources? Specifically regarding it being okay to create original work inspired by someone else's work. I have some ideas for t-shirt designs that are just that, inspired (not replicated) by another artist and I would love to read through some resources to make sure what I am doing is fair game. Thank you!
Thanks for the comment and the support! I'll link a few helpful ones: teespring.com/policies/ip is good, and this one is in regards to your question teespring.com/about/ip/copyright_examples I hope those are helpful! Let me know if you have any questions as you go along!
Hey! Thanks for the video, I have one question though.
What if we randomly come up with a design / slogan/ texts for our shirt. And directly decide to try it and sell it. It can also be the same as others. I mean, there is no guarantee that someone else didn't make it.
And if this actually ended up being the same. Will we get copyright striked? Does this mean we have to go check out for the designs of our niche just to be sure someone else didn't make it before? But won't that list be too big to check? Just to look for one probability.
Great question I was wondering exactly this too! Can't search the entire internet!!!
Greg, please answer this if you can, I'm thinking about the same thing here, especially when it comes to quotes and trending phrases etc. Naturally more people would know and most likely use them.
I love this question! I’m really confused about what I can create.
@@markeisharobinson6437 it depends on which "platform" you will sell in it .
how i know that my own design is not taken by any other person previuosly?
Just found your channel and find your videos very helpful. I'm thinking of setting up a Redbubble account. I was looking through some of the graphics yesterday after watching this video and was surprised at the number of graphics which would seem to violate copyright/trademark rights. If you use a quote on a shirt and credit who said it, is that infringement? Or a picture of a deceased person with the quote, etc?
Thanks for the comment and great question! I totally agree, many people are uploading designs that should not be allowed. Since these sites operate in such high scale, they cant catch all the copyright infringing designs right away. They have an automated system that is always going through the listings and removing those that it believes are violating copyright/trademark/right of publicity or privacy (famous people or even deceased famous people). I hope that helps explain why you're seeing these!
@@GregGottfried thanks for the reply! Makes sense. I'm assuming quotes from long dead people before copyright laws would be safe, (ancient Greeks or earlier Presidents) Martin Luther King is often quoted online. Those were more specifically what I was thinking. Thanks again
One more question: how does Tee Spring or any of these 3rd party platforms pay you? If you use PayPal they skim a lot off the top. Is it better to just link right into your bank with a program like Zelle or something instead? Thanks👍
They pay with either Paypal or Payoneer. They actually take the hit on the transaction fee so we get the full amount :)
Almost first...lol. Great video, and timely too. Thanks.
Hello I posted a bmw logo and teespring let it slide do you think I’ll be okay?
I'd remove it before they do.. If they remove it, they will also lower your trust score. To remove it, got to dashboard, edit icon next to the listing, then end immediately.
Thanks man
What if used the face of a pastor made a cartoon drawing of him and put a topic like for the love of money on top would that be ground upon so then I must contract a different company to do it ! Can u recommend a company that doesn’t care it’s my design and my art work
Don't sell trademark, don't sell quotes or personal identity, don't sell others' work. Sell your own creations. Sounds good thanks!
I made a shirt with a quote from Tupak then i put his Signature (I searched for the signature and i downloaded LABELED FOR REUSE) then my shirt was suspended ..... i don't even know where the Infringement is from..... and i'm afraid to relaunch the campaign because my whole account will be suspended next time ..
Thanks for reaching out on this! It's likely coming from Right of Publicity/Privacy. It's a form of copyright and applicable to celebrities. I know it's pretty confusing but without there persons permission, you cant use their quote even with their name as the source. Not ideal but just the way it works legally. You can also shoot Teespring an email at campaigns@teespring.com to get the specific reason it was taken down. I've got a video on this on the channel that explains the copyright in more detail if you're interested! I hope that helps!
I'm selling football related merchandise. I am creating shirts with colors are similar to the team colors but I'm not using the team names or their slogans. Example I have a Green Bay Packers themed shirt that says "beer, brats, cheese and green bay" would that be considered copyright infringement?
can we design something from any video games?
Bro can you make anime tsirt design and explain about how to avoid copyright © cause in the case of anime copyrights are the major issue
what if I bought a tshirt design from a website and other people can buy the same design and sell it as well, would teespring consider it as copyright? thank you for the answer
If it is the exact same design, the person who uploaded it first gets the rights to it, and the duplicate design will be removed :)
first of all thank you for the amazing work brother. My questions is ; I created a slogan to go on a shirt. But later on during my research found out that somebody already have used that same exact slogan. But my design/layout is different. Can I still use it??
It depends if the slogan is copyright/trademark protected and if your design of that slogan is too similar to the one already uploaded. I hope that helps!
Greg Gottfried thank you for your revert. The slogan was uploaded to redbubble and i believe everything that is uploaded to these platforms get copyrighted by them. Correct? Also my layout is totally different. Please advise.