retailers. or some shit.
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- vague
ok. imagine youre a store, lets say... lets say you're CCS.com. but smaller. a small indepedent shop that sells merchandise/apparel from companies like dc/vans/etnies/etc....
.. are you allowed to create designs/print/flyers/whatever featuring shots of those brand's gear in your designs? like, photograph a few people wearing a bunch of shit, sticking them into some big stylistic design, and printing a shitload of copies.
is there some sort of like, legality against that? copyright infringement? yes/no? cuz theoretically youre using them to sell YOUR business, because, hey, youre selling that exact shit.
talk.
- Randd0
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- vague0
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- ismith0
Hmmm... I'm not sure, but I think you'd be fine if they were being worn by people. Since they have to wear clothes and all...
- sikma0
hard to say. chances are they wouldn't care 'cause you would only be increasing their sales. but it also would depends on the way your depicting their product. best course of action would be to contact a sales rep and ask.
- 5timuli0
I'd say some shit.
- AndyRoss0
These practices vary extensively from business segment to business segment, and even brand to brand.
For instance, it's very common in the world of fashion for a store to photograph the clothes on models, and use those in their ads/catalogs. Look at a Saks catalog, or a Neiman Marcus, and you'll see what I mean.
But, in the world of music instruments, many brands prohibit retailers from advertising using their products in ads. For instance, Gibson will not allow retailers to photograph the guitars they have in stock and use them in ads.
In automobiles, most images used by dealers are gotten directly from the manufacturer, or from some larger association of dealers.
So, these issues are not controlled so much by copyright as they are by the dealership agreements and contracts retailers enter into with the various brands they carry.
- The music industry is a consortium of the world's dicks and cunts. I know.ismith
- vague0
so... the fashion catalogs, they dont even require permission?
- AndyRoss0
Well, you know, with a name like, "vague," I'm hesitant to give specific advice...
Get an attorney to look over the retailers contracts with the suppliers, and proceed from what the attorney advises...
- akrokdesign0
so basically just add that part in the contract with the suppliers. :-)
- lvl_130
who gives a shit.