I buy scrapping items from JoAnn’s, Walmart and other craft stores. Making my own unique cards. A lot of friends say I should start selling them. I was wondering aren’t these items copywritten so that would not allow me to sell them as my own.
Yes, the components you purchase are copywrite protected under law so no one can copy the designs on them. However, the manufacturer of those items know that theirs is not the end product. The products are sold to be used in the making of other products.
For example, a piece of scrapbook paper is sold with the sellers expectation that it will be used in the creation of scrapbooks, cards, or some other type of paper craft. It is not sold with the expectation that the consumer will put it on a shelf and just look at it for the rest of their life.
All that to say, yes, you can sell your product under most circumstances. One word of caution, though, if the craft supplies you purchase are sold as "officially licensed" products, such as Disney designs or a sports team’s official logo, then you must purchase a special license from the owner of the design (i.e. Disney or the sports team) in order to sell the item you make. In those cases of "officially licensed" designs, you may only use the crafting supplies for personal use unless you purchase a license to do otherwise.
July 24th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
you can sell them
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July 24th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
yea i guess u can my aunt did something like that. she creates invitations to to thing and sells them online at her website so assuming that u can
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July 24th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
Yes, you can sell them. That’s a great way to get your product out there and make money. It’s called being an entrepreneur.
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July 24th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Don’t see why not…………..people do it all the time.
You could sell them at Craft fairs etc.
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July 24th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
Yeah you can. I mean if you are selling them personally then why wouldn’t you? You can even go on ebay. The only thing with ebay is that you would have to somehow copywright it or make it an original design so if anyone goes up on ebay to copy it they can get in trouble. But yes, that’s no different than making scrapbook pages and selling them…
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July 24th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
Yes, the components you purchase are copywrite protected under law so no one can copy the designs on them. However, the manufacturer of those items know that theirs is not the end product. The products are sold to be used in the making of other products.
For example, a piece of scrapbook paper is sold with the sellers expectation that it will be used in the creation of scrapbooks, cards, or some other type of paper craft. It is not sold with the expectation that the consumer will put it on a shelf and just look at it for the rest of their life.
All that to say, yes, you can sell your product under most circumstances. One word of caution, though, if the craft supplies you purchase are sold as "officially licensed" products, such as Disney designs or a sports team’s official logo, then you must purchase a special license from the owner of the design (i.e. Disney or the sports team) in order to sell the item you make. In those cases of "officially licensed" designs, you may only use the crafting supplies for personal use unless you purchase a license to do otherwise.
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