I've recently got myself a woodburning pen and am itching to get to work on my guitars. Are there any rules on taking images from the internet and using them on your box? I only make guitars for myself and friends/family (for now) but I am wondering if I need permission from people before using their images? I really like some of the tribal designs I've seen using Google images. Some have copyright written on them but some don't.
Any advice appreciated :)
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Yep just a pyrography pen. I've got myself a cool crossed guns design from a clipart site for my current build, so I'll be doing that tonight. I ironed it on from a print out, so I just need to go over the lines. I'm sure my shakey drawing skills will keep me from any copyright infringement ;-)
Just go for it. A drawing of a photograph is not a photographic reproduction of a photograph. As long as you're not reproducing a trademark (fender, coca-cola etc) I can't see how you'd have any problems at all. Especially as you don't sell em and derive an income but I'd say even if you did
Everything you see on the web, unless stated otherwise "royalty free, public domain etc.", is copyrighted - if you're using images for your own guitar then i shouldn't think it will be a problem, though technically if selling said guitar the author of the original images could find out and ask for a percentage of profits, assuming they haven't already reported a violation of copyright laws... )-:
all my images on my guitars and CD's are my own, the images i use for my guitar publicity are purchased, i designed a cover for my next album "Folk of Oak" using an amazing drawing - i got in touch with the artist who was cool about me using it on my CD, long as i gave him a name check in the credits! (-:
for comersial use, yeah it is. but with internet it's most of times hard to find the original artists unless you take it of thier site. it's a bit blurry area.
if i sell stuff on markets wich has a image of something ill add "copyright to original artist" or "copyright [name of artist]" not that that is a official legal thing, but it got me out of trouble in two occasions. judge here on last time told me if you dont claim its your design and refer to original artist, wich can be unknown, your not legaly free of charges, but there aint much I can do about it.
it would still be breaking the copyright laws, but you can get away with it alot easier.
Assume everything is copyrighted, unless it says it's not.
The law used to be that if you put the copyright symbol on it, it was copyrighted. Now everything is copyrighted whether is has the symbol or not.
Wikimedia Commons is a good place to go to search for copyright free images.
Also, if you use a copyrighted image as a jumping off point or inspiration for your own original design, that's ok. Artists do that all the time. You just want to avoid an exact copy or something so close to the original that it's obvious you copied it.
Be sure to post some pics. We all love to see what everyone is up to. It inspires us.
http://openclipart.org/
http://openclipart.org/search/?query=tribal&page=1
Nice link thanks
Thanks folks. Best to get the right answer now and not regret it later :)
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