Table of Contents: Designers

~ A letter to share . . .
~ Graphics as T.O.U. ~ T.O.U. graphics to share!
~ Sample of Correctly Written DMCA Notice
~ Ebay Piracy Policy / Reporting
~ Grouper Piracy Policy / Reporting
~ iHud Piracy Policy / Reporting
~ Mega Upload Piracy Policy / Reporting
~ Rapid Share Piracy Policy / Reporting
~ Yahoo Piracy Policy / Reporting
~ YouSendIt Piracy Policy / Reporting
~  --> More on YouSendIt
~ No Piracy Blinkies
~ United States Copyright Office
~ Copyrights in Australia
~ Who are we? (about this blog)

Comments

[Brittany]

I have a question...

My school is doing an auction, and I was wondering if it was "safe" for me to offer my services to work with someone to make an album. I will be using papers that I have purchased...none that I have personally designed. Is this piracy?

Thanks for taking the time to answer.
Blessings on your day!

[Jen_Jake'smom]

that is a GREAT question. This actually falls into the realm of Commercial Use -- you DO need to abide by the Commercial Use policies of a designer. They all tend to have different policies -- some allow anything, some don't want people using their stuff commercially at all. For this reason, Amy Teets and I started a Commercial Use Blog -- so the policies are all in one place and you can browse through them to see whose policy would work best for the project you have in mind. Click here to get there:
http://jenjen.typepad.com/commercial_use/

General rule of thumb:
1. contact the designer personally, through e-mail, to ask them about it. If it's for a school fundraiser, they might make an exception.
2. purchase a second copy of the kit or have the person you will be working with purchase a copy, so you are using THEIR copy to do the work. Your copy is to be used for personal use only.

does that make sense?

thanks so much for taking the time to ask!

jen