Re: Could someone make me decals?

You have obviously not had to deal with this issue, and no I am not
kidding
you.  The potential statutory fines for willful copyright infringement
are
up to $100,000 according to Section 501.C.2 of Title 17, and the last
time
I looked the fact that it's for "personal use only" doesn't exempt one
from
liability.

US Copyright Myth #1: "Personal Use" == "Fair Use".
It doesn't - read the law.

US Copyright Myth #2: Non-commercial use = no infringement.
Wrong again.  Copyright laws do not care if any money has exchanged
hands.

Please try and know a little about what you're talking about before
knee-jerking a response next time.  While I am not a lawyer, my work as
a
software developer and product designer has exposed me to the harsh
realities of what Copyrights and Trademarks actually are.  While there
is
reasonably little risk when designing personal fan web sites of getting
hit
with a legal hammer, doing commision work - which is what we were
talking
about here - must be taken more seriously.

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Mark "Hauptmann" Shurtleff
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At 12:59 PM 1/26/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>
>Oh jeeze give me a break . . . for personal use.  You've got to be
kidding
me.
>
>
>At 12:23 PM 1/26/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>>Would someone on the list who has one of those Alps printers
>>that were recently discussed be willing to print me a sheet of decals
that
>>I design?  I'd be willing to pay handsom - er, I'd be willing to pay.
>>
>>Thinkin' where I'll find images of Beavis + Butthead for noseart,
>>Ted
>
>Ted, there are quite a few of us around who can print up your decals
for
>you, but the Beavis + Butthead noseart would be a no-no since you don't
>have copyright permissions to reproduce them. :-)
>
>Original art, public domain art, or written copyright permissions are
>acceptable.
>
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>Mark "Hauptmann" Shurtleff
> email: hauptman@sfcmd.com
> StarFighter Command Homepage: http://www.sfcmd.com/
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