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i see this a little differently. contract customer is another business and he is reselling them to the end user. I would have printed the job as the responsibility for copyright checking will lay on him and not the printer. if there is an issue the lawyers will not know you printed the shirts they wil come after the dealership and him as they are the ones using the logo not you.
MGM doesn't own it, Turner(Warner Bros.) does. Ted Turner bought it in the 90's. We printed a ton of shirts for the gift shop after the rights were acquired. Technically the books are public domain, the movie isn't. And since those images are drawn from the movie, it might not be a good idea.That being said, a lot of times the plays are purchased from a company that secures rights for marketing materials for the schools. It's worth looking into. We do some of these for other drama groups.
Quote from: mk162 on December 14, 2016, 07:53:34 AMMGM doesn't own it, Turner(Warner Bros.) does. Ted Turner bought it in the 90's. We printed a ton of shirts for the gift shop after the rights were acquired. Technically the books are public domain, the movie isn't. And since those images are drawn from the movie, it might not be a good idea.That being said, a lot of times the plays are purchased from a company that secures rights for marketing materials for the schools. It's worth looking into. We do some of these for other drama groups.What he said, we've done the same. In fact, with Aladdin, Jr., Annie, Jr. etc., they supply you with .eps files...Steve
Okay thanks for the info. We've done stuff for Summer Stage before, but I feel like that is a more well known drama group that has the right credentials. I'd rather 'play' it safe on this one and pass on the job unless the school can provide some sort of permissions to use the design. The other drawing they want me to use has the faces of all 4 characters. If I were to have the school sign off on something that says they assume all the liability, should anything happen - would that provide any protection for me and my company or no matter what I assume part of the risk?
Quote from: Nation03 on December 14, 2016, 08:11:00 AMOkay thanks for the info. We've done stuff for Summer Stage before, but I feel like that is a more well known drama group that has the right credentials. I'd rather 'play' it safe on this one and pass on the job unless the school can provide some sort of permissions to use the design. The other drawing they want me to use has the faces of all 4 characters. If I were to have the school sign off on something that says they assume all the liability, should anything happen - would that provide any protection for me and my company or no matter what I assume part of the risk?Ah, that is interesting. She claims that they have a student draw the design every year for the play and never had an issue. I don't know about your specific case, but school bands and the Drama dept will often purchase program kits (with marketing package includes). This contains art they can use for tees etc. This schools could have bought something like this...but maybe didn't like the art for tees or decided to try and be creative and do their own. You might look into that. Still tho, a new design does not give you or them the rights to use it. It must be approved, (unless, when you purchase limited usage rights to do a program like WIZ, you might get that right to do your own. Worth looking into.