welcome back loyalty this is right below
and I want to give you guys some few
tips about copyright now
copyright has been something that you
guys have been asking me about since day
one I put out a video about how to start
your t-shirt line and you guys have been
asking me about copyright since then and
I have been trying to research it and
give you guys two correct answers
because I don't want you guys to be out
here looking bad or I'm giving you guys
advice that you guys don't really need
and stuff like that but I'm gonna go
ahead and start this video off by saying
if you guys need copyright for your
designs it's not necessary you really
don't need it
but if you absolutely do and it's
recommended that you do do it go to
copyright gov copyright gov is like the
spot for every graphic designer anytime
a graphic designer makes something they
upload the copyright gov there's nothing
but like 15 20 bucks to do and that just
means that you have that protected in
your image now if you guys want like
your logo done you want your trademark
for that you know I'm saying
that's 100% necessary but your copyright
for your designs
not really unless somebody's gonna steal
your artwork and say that they made it
themselves and that's a problem you know
saying so it's it's like you do need it
and you don't need it but you kind of do
you know saying like there's AG in
between that says do it don't do it all
right so that's number one go ahead and
get your stuff copyrighted unless you
really don't need it here's something
that I've been talking to you guys about
for awhile and it kind of starts from
the root of my actual channel you guys
from the very first one that I had which
is stealing images off the internet I
really am NOT a fan about that and I'm
gonna talk to you guys extensively about
this because that is a huge problem in
the community everybody goes through it
you want art you don't want to ask a
designer or a photographer to take these
pictures or do these pictures for you
but you want to get those off the
internet unless you know the person
personally I wouldn't do it I just
wouldn't do it and here's the reason why
let's just say I had a model and the
model was shooting for Nike and Nike did
whatever they had to do with it but they
left the images out or whatnot and you
know they put it up on the internet for
people to see that you know this model
here model for Nike now you go on the
internet and you find that and you use
it for your business uses a mock-up or
not because I'll show you guys how to
make
cups you took the picture off the
internet and you pretty much using it
for free to sell your designs and that's
I guess that is kind of fair use until
you start selling it you know I'm saying
and they're looking at this like whoa I
didn't take this picture for you guys
and I'm saying I'm gonna be like I
didn't take this picture for you guys
and the model is gonna be like did I get
paid for this you know I'm saying like I
thought I was student for Nike and Nike
paid me for it but who is this guy you
know that's the problem with taking
Internet pictures you know I'm saying
and another problem is even if it is you
know good for use like non copyright
pictures and stuff like that you're
still gonna get hit with somebody saying
well this is my image like why are they
stealing my stuff and putting it on the
internet you know I'm saying on this
t-shirt that they're making I don't know
anywhere between 7 and $15 off of like
that's a ripoff to my life you know
people are always gonna feel cheated in
some type of way so when I say stay away
from the internet stay away from Google
searches and stuff like that it's kind
of a thing that you guys got to kind of
like agree with because you don't want
to cease and desist you don't want to
wake up one day come downstairs
somebody's knock on your door like boom
boom boom are you such and such name and
you're like yeah and they pass through
this package saying you've been served
and you need to get your business
together and get your lawyers up because
we're gonna meet with you then chances
are you're not gonna have the money to
get the lawyer like if you're stealing
images you're probably gonna get sued
and you're probably gonna get sued with
a big fine it's not gonna be nothing
small they're gonna be like I want
everything that you own
I want your house so much your car I
want everything so you want to stay away
from that type of thing I don't want
anybody getting in trouble when it comes
down to taking images off the internet
now that I got these two things clearing
up the air like there's more things I
want to talk to you guys about because
those were the first two things that a
lot of people came to me about what can
I use internet stuff can I copy write my
own designs don't want nobody stealing
my images and stuff like that yes this
is things that you guys need to know
before I move forward anything else now
here's something I want to lay out to
you guys like I always get questions
about it I always get some type of
request to do it it's a problem but it's
not really a problem
it just really fits into this kind of
perfectly right the thing that I have a
problem with is people asking me about
lyrics no lyrics is not a problem
exactly but it can lead to
something different you know I can make
the shirt for you guys I can make the
lyric shirt and it'd be 100% cool but
the way you guys sell it there's a
problem so if it's a quote from like
Will Smith let's just say Fresh Prince
of bel-air type thing right and it's
amazing amazing design and stuff like
that that you're not using this image
which I'm gonna talk about a little bit
later then yeah cool listed but here's
the thing when you list it make sure you
put in like the description of like that
shirt that this is a quote from Will
Smith you know you're gonna get caught
and he's gonna be like well I didn't
authorize this there cease-and-desist
let's just go ahead and send out the
package don't get caught up with that
because that's a huge problem in every
community that's a knock to everything
and then you're gonna come to me and I'm
gonna get in trouble because you didn't
do this because you're scared if you're
scared about it you're gonna get caught
and it's gonna be hard for you and it's
gonna be hard for me so I have to turn
down those requests unless I know that
you're a very sincere upfront type of
person a lot of designers got to turn
down that request because they don't
want that to happen to them where do you
take that to the designer and now the
designers in trouble because you didn't
do what you were supposed to do using
famous quotes is almost like stealing
somebody's brand identity do not do it
unless you're prepared to actually give
credit to that person who said it I woke
up like this
of course is Beyonce everybody knows
Beyonce but if Beyonce saw that shirt
and she didn't see her like recognition
in it she's probably gonna be like I'm
gonna sue you all right don't get into
it like it's gonna happen and it's gonna
be a problem but that's just something
that you guys have to understand like
you don't want to just be using famous
quotes and I quote that person give them
their credit all right now another
problem that we have in the community is
using characters like Pokemon and
Digimon and Dragon Ball Z people and
stuff like that and not parroting it
okay like you need to learn how to
parody I know that gets kind of rough
because you're not all the way
creatively unless you are creative and
you do not appear you know that's not a
problem but if I see Goku and I can clea
say that's Goku then that's Goku that's
gonna get you in trouble alright but if
I see something that looks a little bit
like Goku you know it's not really him
it's like another saying or something
like that it's clear we know that this
is not Goku but he looks like Goku and
he's wearing his gay
that's a parody
okay that's a parody all right I see
Pikachu you see Pikachu is Pikachu's
alright don't sit here and say it's not
it's there like we know don't use it
parody make it a pop make it something
different take the way the art aspect
and do it in your own light alright
parody these people don't copy and with
this I want to talk about something
that's kind of near and dear to my heart
near and dear to almost every designers
heart photographer and this is kind of
creating a beef between both of us or
not which is the Shepard Fairey problem
which is the Obama hope poster that he
made it's like a t-shirt and he was
selling all over the place back in
2008-2009 now he got sued for that he
got sued for that but it's not because
of he used the picture or anything like
that like he used Obama's image cuz you
can use political figures in your images
and stuff like that you can do that
that's not a problem he got sued because
he took a photographer's picture and he
put it on there and he tried to you know
fix it up in a way that took away from
the original image but how much of that
can you say it's the original image
tonight you know I'm saying I don't even
know what to say like don't do it or do
it if you're gonna get cards you're
gonna get caught like I don't know what
to tell you on this one this is your
judgement but I usually tell people
Shepard Fairey got caught doing it
pretty much got put in jail he had a
fine and you know I guess he's still
selling them I don't know you know I
don't see it that much anymore but
that's just something you guys want to
watch out for people's intellectual
property and creative vision is there's
mysteries why you want to like copyright
you know saying like you want to
copyright because you don't want nobody
infringing on your stuff right so
copyright guv always tell people that if
you want to do it copyright gov do it
it's not a problem and if you guys have
a line or anything like that let me know
in the comment section below tell me if
you have problems with copyright what
are you trying to put together and get
out there for the world to see I want to
know and if you guys generally learn
something today if you guys found these
tips helpful or anything like that let
me know in the comment section below I'm
here to talk to you as a matter of fact
I do this all the time so you might as
well just subscribe if you're not and
bill me because I'm putting up a lot of
videos going forward this is January you
know of 2018 January 2018 I want you
guys to have successful creative
businesses I want you guys to be able to
sell your shirts and there's no problem
as far as copy
you can put your stuff on Spreadshirt
and they're not gonna take it down
because it's yours all right like you
can do it so I want to know what you
guys got going on let me know in the
comment section below
but with that being said you guys I got
to get up out of here so stay amazing
stay creative but above all else stay
awesome
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