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Shop gets locked down, Product and Equipment confiscated, Owner goes to jail.
mk162:
--- Quote from: Sbrem on August 22, 2023, 04:46:10 PM ---
--- Quote from: Frog on August 22, 2023, 12:38:38 PM ---I do a lot of one piece and small orders, and seem to often attract folks who want me to use images that they may or may not realize are copyrighted.
"But I'm not selling these" is the most common thing I hear.
"But I am", is my reply.
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Because, as printers, we are supposed to know, playing dumb won't work.
Steve
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I've had stuff get past me before, like the stupid whale from Vineyard Vines.
Frog:
--- Quote from: mk162 on August 24, 2023, 01:49:29 PM ---
--- Quote from: Sbrem on August 22, 2023, 04:46:10 PM ---
--- Quote from: Frog on August 22, 2023, 12:38:38 PM ---I do a lot of one piece and small orders, and seem to often attract folks who want me to use images that they may or may not realize are copyrighted.
"But I'm not selling these" is the most common thing I hear.
"But I am", is my reply.
--- End quote ---
Because, as printers, we are supposed to know, playing dumb won't work.
Steve
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I've had stuff get past me before, like the stupid whale from Vineyard Vines.
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When I have doubts. I post the image online, right click, and do a Google search for it.
ebscreen:
--- Quote from: Frog on August 24, 2023, 02:04:00 PM ---
When I have doubts. I post the image online, right click, and do a Google search for it.
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We've always taken a super hardline stance on copyright, but I think a bootlegger of a band
on tour from Thailand pulled one over on us once. Not really sure though, the image didn't
exist on the internet but that doesn't mean anything in terms of copycats.
We won't even do the local sports team using the same colors but not the logo designs.
They always ask why and I tell them that we already print for X team and then suddenly we don't hear from them again.
I always knew the fines for copyright infringement were stiff, but I didn't know there was possible jail time.
Dottonedan:
I think the difference between a civil suit and a criminal suit is the $.
If it’s proven that you not only infringed, but knowingly and purposefully infringed and gained a lot of money, a good lawyer could argue theft. In this case, with all of the DTF business starting up, I’m thinking they want to send a nice, clear message to others.
ebscreen:
So the other odd thing I was thinking about this one is if you are making counterfeit patches why would you do it domestically?
You could be running a million heads in China at minimal labor cost, no threat of law, and if customs seizes some who cares.
I don't know, seems odd, but maybe that's why I'm not in the counterfeiting business.
I have a friend that works at a Louis Vuitton factory/repair place in the Dallas area. I wonder if the
proximity has anything to do with it. To the Mystery Mobile!
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