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so, that's why i didn't see(yet) any of major publisher like Gpm, Mally, Halinski, etc... designing a liveries model planes.
everyday still learning about this great hobby. Great info here guys. Thanks
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So would recoloring free templates be the way to go if I wanted to share a lot of liveries?
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you can be sued for money, (its unlikely) but you can be sued for money if you distribute free paper models and infringe on any copyrights. At the very least you could be forced to cover court and administrative costs of a legal action. Giving something away for free does not alter the copyright status or change the fact that you are infringing on any copyright. Its not just about money...sometimes its about personal property. By allowing something to happen, you are actually giving permission or support. And sometimes its just about protecting ones public image. You might not care if Donald Trump uses your product, but you may not want to be seen as endorsing his campaign, so you don't want your logo to appear in his campaign advertising. Quote:
There are time limits to how long copyrights are in place, but this varies. Did you know, even Military markings are owned and protected under the same types of laws. Reproducing the images and artwork of retired or Bankrupt Airline companies does not give you any less restrictions. There are still rights of ownership in place for names, logos and brands. It all comes down to who protects their logos and designs, and who doesn't. Some groups look at the "free advertising" aspect and allow certain things to happen. Some organizations don't get involved in the marketing of their own brands and so don't pay much attention to those who infringe on their brand. Some companies unless otherwise prompted, will only pay attention to major brand infringement. Like say, if Mattel puts out ten million Bugatti Veyron diecast cars. Bugatti expects to see a cut of that action. But Bugatti probably isn't going to care if I airbrush Veyron T-shirts at a Fair one weekend. But there are companies who come down hard on any and all infringements. Even the small stuff. Disney has been known to go after any type of property infringement. The money is not the issue...its image and franchise protection. Just be prepared. And don't try to BS anyone. As modellers, we get away with a lot...basically because its a hobby and because its relatively unknown. But as the number of artists and authors grows within the hobby, we are going to see more and more plagiurism and intellectual property infringement. ... Point is...don't assume you have legal rights to anything that you don't already own yourself. Assume it, or part of it, belongs to someone, and be careful how you use it. In most cases, if you treat things with respect, you won't get in too much trouble. Just don't assume you have legal rights to anything in this hobby. ... There, thats my soapbox speech for today.
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Thanks for the info Dave, got a lot to think about now... Are things always this complicated in life?
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my 1¢ opinion, since you're planning to do a re-color... contact the designer first and consult with ecardmodels staff since you are planning to put your recolor version there. May i asked what type of aircraft you're planning to recolor? 747 cargo, 777...
Godluck. Best regards, Loui
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I suggest, regardless of all copyright issues, that you do the designs for the paper models yourself, if you want to make money with selling such kits.
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That's gonna be hard....I have no experience in designing.
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Well, then you need to learn it ;-)
In general, I see it this way: The designer of a model did most of the hard work, and he put it up for free not without a purpose. Someone else making money with his work may not be his intention. |
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Thorst is completely correct.
But it brings us back to permissions. In the case of Oddball, he invites recolours. He isn't personally into the art end of the designing, so i think he appreciates others doing the recolours. It just creates more versions of his kits, which creates more revenue from each design. Its completely up to a designer if he wants to allow repaints. At ecardmodels, we will get permission from the original designer first before we allow repaints. And ecardmodels has a payment schedule already in place to make sure the original designer gets a fair share of the repainted models revenue. Some designers don't cooperate with repaints. I have no interest in others repainting my models. Thats my right. I choose to create all requested liveries myself. I do agree that there are now way too many repainters. And many of those are not very good at it. I wish repainters had more experience with the proper software and more experience with the design of models. It would give them a better feel for what they are doing. There is more to "repaint" than masking out a colour in MSPaint and slapping a new colour in its place. Why not try a graphics program?...and learn how to draw and design your own stuff. Or take the big plunge, and learn 3D model design with something like Sketchup? Most of you won't do this, because it costs money. ... There are some free graphics programs that do a lot. GIMP is free. You can even try the high end stuff for free. The new Coreldraw is a free download Trial. (One month I think) Sketchup is free. ... And stop stealing bitmap images of logos and markings (off Google) and slapping them on your models. If you are going to use a copyrighted logo, at least take the time to recreate it, in proper detail ...do it accurately...redraw it in a graphics program...do it cleanly ...at least show some respect to the company from which you are stealing their logo!... and size it properly, in scale and dimensions...and place it properly on the model! Do some research before you start "repainting"!!
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