copyright laws

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Permalink Reply by Linda McClain on December 29, 2010 at 11:58pm

I can't speak for knitting or crochet . . . but, with regard to scrapbooking, this is what little I know. Many stamp companies, including Stampin' Up! have an "angel policy." Usually it means, if you sell something with their image, you have to put something on the card/scrapbook page that says the image is copyrighted by Stampin' Up! (or whatever company). You just have to see what the angel policy is for any images you use that are not your own. There's actually a stamping company called "The Angel Company" that was created so people could use their images for both personal and profit. Even some digital stamps have copyright restrictions, so you'll have to check with each manufacturer.

 

Hope this helps.

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Sandi Ackerman on December 30, 2010 at 7:55am

I suppose even if I use a book of ideas or magazine for starters for my journal ideas, I would need to contact that book/publishing co. for the permission to use their ideas. Probably the same would go for the knitting and crocheting.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Cade on July 10, 2011 at 8:47pm

Sandy,

Hi. I'm curious about your posting and how you are selling the items you craft. Are you selling on-line, to friends/family, in independent retail shops? How do you market your products?

I'm a scrapbooker and really would like to make a lucrative business from crafting custom albums. Any thoughts you might share are appreciated.

Thanks.

 

Julie C.

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Permalink Reply by Jackie Schachter on July 11, 2011 at 5:01am

I download lots of digital stamps from the internet and each one

I save with the name of the artist, then I check their Angel Policy

- most of the artists allow you to colour and then sell a hand-crafted

card using their image.  I have two files for digital images - one for

those artists I know allow you to sell hand-crafted items using their

images and one for those I know (or I'm not sure about) do not want

you to use their images for profit but only for personal use.  I am also

making a list of all the artists that allow the use of their digital

stamps for selling hand-crafted cards and their terms for this. 

This works for me.  I believe these digital stamps can also be

used on other items.

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