I actively protect my trademark and copyrights and generally I don't even have to leave my house to do so. The Internet doesn't just make it easier for those few dishonest or lazy people to misappropriate copyrighted images it also makes it easier for copyright owners, like me, to locate products created from those stolen images. Invariably someone will post these products for sale, send me a catalog, or to share the product via blogs and personal websites and that's where my attorneys come in - believe it. I really like my attorneys - you won't so much.
Unless specifically identified as such, the images and text content in ScissorCraft ® are NOT in the public domain. Permission to use any of this material for commercial purposes of any kind is expressly denied.
Frankly, whether you are a so-called "professionally trained" graphic artist or self trained, if you have to resort to abusing another person's work to call your own in order to meet a deadline or gain a big commission, you really should consider another line of work.
You don't own the rights to any of these images so ask yourself if the level of risk of being forced to pay me a several hundred thousand dollar penalty vs a much smaller license fee is acceptable to yourself or your company.
Contact my attorney, Scott Alan Burroughs, Esq. if you want to work out a royalty agreement or license for my images.
Here are instructions you may appreciate which teach how to make unique snowflake creations using your own art program. Also online Snowflake Generators can help you create pretty good patterns which you could make screen prints from and go from there.
It takes less than 5 minutes to create a unique paper snowflake design. I have provided a lot of teaching tools to assist everyone in how to create their own unique design. Please use the tools.
The content of "Paper and ScissorCrafts® for Children" may not be sold in any form what-so-ever.
If yours is a charitable organization and you are interested in using these images for fund raising purposes you MUST contact us for prior permission and we reserve the right to refuse.
All images are registered with the Library of Congress' Copyright Office. If you choose to use an image without obtaining proper permission, U.S. Copyright Laws allow a number of benefits and remedies available to the artist.
These benefits and remedies include:
In addition, should the offending Internet website belong to Google Adsense program, the url where the copyright infringement occurs will be reported to Google as an Adsense Policy Violation. Google does respond to complaints of copyright infringement!
Educators are granted permission to make multiple printed copies of the documents in "Paper and ScissorCrafts® for Children" for distribution to students in a public or private educational setting as long as all attribution to copyright and source information is intact on every printed page. Please do not share electronically.
We ask that educators clearly explain to their students that this material is copyrighted and not to be shared electronically.
Court Case 2:07-cv-00232-JAM-EFB Document 112 Filed 07/25/2008 : Patricia S. Kelley vs Euromarket Designs, Inc. dba Crate and Barrel, Inc.
Decision by the Court. This action came to trial or hearing before the Court. The issues have been tried or heard and a decision has been rendered. Public Judgement and Monetary Award of $150,000.
Products in which the infringed images appeared:
Published by the Library of Congress to assist teachers - Copyright Flash and Videos for Teachers
www.2learn.ca Digital Images and Copyright
US Copyright Office, Copyright FAQs
Teaching Copyright EFF's Teaching Copyright curriculum designed for teachers.
