This was my 3d printed display stands for Marvel Legends 6 inch figures at a local VFW toy show this past weekend. Has anyone else taken their 3d printed items to a trade/craft show?
You’ve made the grade. Awesome 3DP display stands!
How did you get a license?
Awesome print
Nicely done
@Marcus_Wolschon , I’ve always been confused about the whole licencing thing. I mean if your making accessories for an action figure, do u have to get it licences? Let’s say you model something in the likeness of an IP like the poly Pikachu of the IP Pikachu. Isn’t there some type of 20% rule or something? Maybe that’s just a myth, but I’m open to being educated on these points and I’m sure this is knowledge that this community needs circulated every once in a while.
I think we need to point to a source material(learning vid, or paper or something) so that folks can feel sound in their decision making rather than go on what would seem to be word of mouth. @Nathan_Walkner not picking on you, just your response reminded me of this point I forgot to make earlier.
Noice post! I’ll have to take a bit of time to read through this material and propose some questions. Probably in a different thread tho. Also I wonder if it’s possible to get an admin to sticky this in the community description or something.
@kenneth_rooks
It’s YOUR job to get a good understanding of the laws in your country BEFORE doing such a thing.
I agree, @Marcus_Wolschon . Tho it’s nice to provide guidance and understanding when prompted. Kinda helps the community as a whole you know. Mentoring and all…
This article best describes this grey area:
Many who create and sell fanart often mention the “Unspoken Rule”. This is in reference to the idea that even though selling fanart without permission is illegal and can be morally objectionable, there is very little chance that any legal actions will actually be taken against you. Fanart is often said to rest in a “gray area” of copyright law because even though it is technically infringing on copyrights, the intent is usually not to harm the copyright holder, but rather to honor or pay homage to them.
But to be on the safe side, I think I will hold off on selling these stands, because technically it is trademark infringement and I don’t want any civil litigation taken against me no matter how unlikely it may be.
Sorry @Jeff_Tucker , I didn’t mean to kill your hype over the work you’ve done. I was just curious about the answer to @Marcus_Wolschon original question.
No it’s ok, Marcus Walschon brought up a good point about intellectual property rights and I am concerned with staying within state/federal laws. Besides, I have plenty other diorama type designs that are not trademark specific to offer my customers.
Lawyers are paid to write threatening letters. I think your safe however.
Nice
Koooool!!! What’s your fb.?
Most companies are pretty good about allowing small time artists to get away with things like this, except Nintendo, they are pricks. You are safe as long as the IP owner does not come after you, but if they tell you to stop what you are doing it’s in your best interest to listen. If they never say anything you probably just never popped up on their radar, however you will forever and always be at risk of legal action. They don’t have to warn you, they can just slap you with a lawsuit. It’s just a risk that a lot of us take when we engage in these types of ventures.
@Johnny_Edwards Hi Johnny, FB page is:https://www.facebook.com/darthtucker3d/?fref=hovercard
Well, I guess as long as@Jeff_Tucker keeps his face off photos and his bussiness off spotlight, he should be fine - at least thats how it works in my country, where fanart is niche thing in grey zone, so infiltration of some Corporatestapo agents are very limited and if, good luck with finding out, who is behind which nickname…
(Not mentioning risk of tracking their agents down)