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FYI Cranston VIP Fabrics opinion re:copyright
cherry-pie-and-roses (114) (view author's auctions)
06/05/03 11:42 AM

Can I make items from your fabrics and then sell them in a craft show or flea market?

From time to time, some of our customers ask VIP the following types of questions: can I make products out of VIP fabric? Can I sell products made of VIP fabrics in a craft show or a flea market? Must I give credit in some way to VIP if I sell such products? Do I have to keep the copyright notice on or can I cut it off?

Using Cranston/VIP Fabric: In explanation, we have good news for all of you. Once you buy the fabric, it is yours to do virtually anything you want. You can cut the fabric up you can make it into a craft product, an apparel item, whatever you like! (However, the fabric should not be used for children's sleepwear, as the fabric does not meet children's sleepwear standards for flammability). You can sell it, keep it, or give it away. Keep up the good work and keep buying our fabric!

About Copyright: The copyright notice that you might see on the selvedge of our fabric (for example " c Cranston Print Works Company" simply tells the world that the fabric design is an original, copyrighted design of Cranston Prints Works Company and it cannot be reproduced in any way without our prior permission. Although we often put the copyright notice on our fabric selvedge, some fabrics will not include the copyright notice. More often than not, the designs are still original and cannot be reproduced or copied.

What you can't do is the following: Copy or reproduce, either directly or indirectly, the fabric design on the fabric either in whole or in part in any way. This means that you can't copy the design or any part of the design onto paper, onto fabric or onto anything else! Copying a design is a violation of Federal copyright laws and those laws can impose stiff fines and penalties. Some people believe that, if they make the changes noted below, they have not violated the Federal copyright laws. Please understand that those people are wrong. Changing someone's copyrighted design as noted below is a violation of the copyright laws. Changes such as those below are not acceptable, despite commonly help misperceptions, as they are violations of Federal copyright laws.

We changed the color combination.(Copyright infringement!)
We changed the size of the elements in the design (Copyright infringement!)
We copied a fabric design onto paper or glass or tin. (Copyright infringement!)

We hope this answers all your questions. If you need more information, please use the comment form on this page to contact THE VILLAGE SOLICITOR. Thanks for supporting our fabrics!

You can read this & other things from Cranston at http://www.cranstonvillage.com/herald/h-aug98.htm
Brenda

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