photo copyright

[wonder years]

i wonder if any abs can help i wanted to print pictures of the night garden figures and the doodlebops on a tee shirt for my little grandaugter but my son pointed out that noone may do this because of copyright, has anybody any advice or info on this thanks wy

[chelsea78]

Yeh you can take a picture of almost anything to a shop that does the printing and they print your picture on anything you want it on eg cup, tshirt and cake.

[wonder years]

hiya chelsea 78, thanks for your reply, i knew you could of say a person in your family, or a slogan i think because the companys who make the doodle bops sell there own tee shirts in america, this was sort of diffrent, iam going to ask anyway, thanks again wy

[funnygirl]

I think you may get away with this.
It is only when you're copying from another picture that it may infringe copyright.
There is an agency called Getty Images, that own the copyright to nearly every picture in the country!!!

[wonder years]

thanks for your reply funny girl i will look up this agency, if i sent to america to the offical doddles bob club the shipping and customs will be a fortune, so i thought this was a way round it thanks again wy.

[kempie]

In The Night Garden� is a trade mark of Ragdoll Worldwide Limited. The characters and logo are the copyright of Ragdoll Worldwide Limited. To quote Ragdoll Worldwide Limited...

"Many of our products, including the designs and features contained therein, are protected by trademarks, patents and/or copyrights. Appropriate legal action will be taken against any infringers of these rights."

The Doodlebops� is a brand owned by Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. and licensed use of the characters etc. has been granted to such companies as Mattel, Disney Records and Lions Gate. I am sure that unlicensed use of images within the brand would result in similar action as that stated above.

That being said, the likelihood of any infringement of a "homemade" nature being caught and prosecuted is probably miniscule. However that is not the type of risk that any above-board commercial business would take.

[wonder years]

thanks very much for your reply kempie its shed more light on it now i understand what you are saying its whats my son was explaining too me about thease companies, i just thought i find out what others thought, thanks again wy

[gina32]

i used to work in a shop that printed pictures on cakes, we were not allowed to print anything as chelsea said because of the copyright laws, an ordinary home phot was ok but nothing like mickey mouse or doodlebops etc

[brachiopod]

With the easy availability of any image from the 'net, many photoprinters / lithographers / t-shirt printers etc. will ask you to sign an agreement (or it will be implied as a condition of them completing your order) that you either own or are authorised to use the image that they are printing on your behalf. This would cover them in the event of a copyright issue arising, and put the blame firmly at your feet.

However, unless you were printing off several hundreds, or even thousands of copies of the image, and flogging them on-line or at your local market, then it is unlikely to be an issue. For a single T-shirt, I would not worry too much.


As for Getty Images, yes, they are a stock-image agency, and therefore manage the rights (for a fee) on behalf of the copyright holders - they do not (in most cases) own the copyright themselves, but act as agents in the distribution of both RF (Royalty-free) and RM (Rights Managed) images.

[Reverandfunk]

Burger me.

Just take what you want a a back street printers and get it done.

Hardly likely to be stopped in the high street and arrested lol. Police would be too busy nicking chavs in fake designer gear.

[chelsea78]

Reverandfunk,
i liked your comment made me laugh

[wonder years]

thanks very much for all your replies much appricated. wy