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I made a custom band-shirt in photoshop for the band Angels and Airwaves. I attempted to have it printed by Zazzle.com – Buy, Sell, and Create custom t-shirts, custom mugs, posters, prints, cards, and postage. They made me one copy, and then I attempted to order another and was told
“Specifically, your order contained products with an image in violation of Angels and Airwaves’ rights of celebrity/publicity.”
Does anyone know what rights of celebrity/publicity is? My design has the Angels and Airwaves name in it….is that it?
That means they have licensing rights…it is their trademark and they are the only ones allowed to make money from it….in a nutshell.
Thats extremely frustrating considering that it was a fan-shirt for myself. I designed the entire LOVE thing. The only thing not mine on there is the name itself.
Maybe they thought that since it was so professionally done that they though you just copied it and tried to print it.
Did you try another printing store? Perhaps Cafepress?
I don’t think it is a matter of copying a design Spike…it’s the band’s name and their ability to make money from it…Though trying another printer might work…they may not be quite as strict about what they consider to be infringement.
Spike;207025 wrote:Maybe they thought that since it was so professionally done that they though you just copied it and tried to print it.Did you try another printing store? Perhaps Cafepress?
Besides the fact that Cafepress doesn’t print black apparel, they fail to impress me. Last time I got a shirt there, the shirt itself was poorly stitched, and the printing quality was terrible. I have another site I’m looking into at the moment actually.
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