there any legal issue to use famous logos. Does somebody know where I can find a design like that?

WOW...this is interesting ;) *2U

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by manami 21 Oct 2008

I thought so too :)

I don't know about the car logos, how fussy the companies would be about embroidery patterns, because they don't have them & make money off them. But be assured, the logos are copyright! I suspect if you do it for yourself, you are advertising their car, you'd probably be ok. Still illegal, mind you, but perhaps defensible. But just as with your books, if you do it & sell the design so others can do it, you would be in violation of copyright. The company paid to have the logo produced, I think they would not take kindly to someone else making money off of it. That's why companies 'licence' the use of their intellectual property. You pay them a fee to use the logo, picture, etc. so you can make money off it. As far as Hello Kitty, that's by Sanrio, a Japanese firm, maybe you'd have more luck finding information than I did. Nowhere on the web did I find any **legal** Hello Kitty embroidery advertised. I could digitize Hello Kitty in ten minutes it's such simple artwork, but that wouldn't make it legal. Any Hello Kitty product I have seen says "licensed" and mentions Sanrio. I don't know whether borduurpatronen has a license or not, but I'd check if I were you. Have a great day!! Marji

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by manami 21 Oct 2008

Thank you Marjialexa! I dont know if borduurpatronen has a license, and I thought it was unkindly ask the owner about it. You too, have a great day. *4u

U've got lots of answers manami. B sure & post when u get it done so we can appreciate it. *

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by manami 21 Oct 2008

Thank you Lbrow.

this is the design of borduurpatronen.tk

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by manami 21 Oct 2008

Thank you Gerryvb!!!

I just was not sure about digitizing(making your own) a trademark design, but of course I respect everyone's hard work. I have my own work in other field(I write educational books), and I had problems people copying it without my permission. It seems that no one can really stop them from steal someone else's hard work. I appreciate your replies, Cuties!!!

Hi Manami, if you go the link i have added she has a Ferreri design. Click on the site scroll down to # 34006 click on this # look if it is the design you want, if it is scroll back up to Gastenboek (guest book),drop down Talen click on english, then click sign guest book, fill out the form,in the messages tell her what design # you are after and she will e-mail it to you in about 1 week.
Louise. (i found this site from another question from here on Cute by barba & ibht2k2 thank you both)

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by manami 21 Oct 2008

Thank you Louise!!! They even have Hello Kitty. My granddaughter wants one so baddly. I might buy one for her.

by 2createit 21 Oct 2008

That's ok Yoriko, but they are free so that is better still :)

I hope this will answer your question:




It took me a long time when I started embroidering to totally understand this.
I really now believe it is this simple.

You can make anything for yourself. You can make a Mickey Mouse outline if you want. If you do this you cannot sell the design file or give it away. You can put the design on items for your personal use.

Some digitizers will allow you to sell items with their design on it.

You cannot make a design file of a licensed character, stitch it on something, and then sell it.

You cannot take a design file, change it or combine it with another unless you created it in the first place and then give the new design file away or sell that newly created design file.

The definitive term is DESIGN FILE.

Ten of us could take the same font or clip art, add stitiches to it in our digitizing software, and the designs would be the same outline however the odds of even two of us using the exact same stitches would be slim to none. We would each own the file we created and we could 1. Keep it for our own use 2. Sell the design file to someone else or 3. Give it away for free on a forum such as this or to a friend
We could stitch the design on something for our personal use, we could sell the item we stitched the design on or we could give it away

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by manami 21 Oct 2008

Thank you for taking your time to explain this so well!!!

by mops 21 Oct 2008

This is a very comprehensive list. So often people think you can download designs made from copyrighted art if it's free, while in fact that's illegal. Not every country actively upholds the law, but leaves it to the copyright owner. That's no problem for big corporations like Disney, quite a different matter for small firms.

i think all these including hello kitty hehehe are patent or registered trademarks. most probably u can do it for personal use but not for sales?

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by manami 21 Oct 2008

I might change my avatar then.

by mops 21 Oct 2008

Nor can you give it away as freebies.