Transfer Coin / Token Impressions to Rubber Stamp Form... Could someone inform me as to how it might be possible to transfer the impression on a coin (actually, small brass arcade tokens) to a functional rubber stamp? I wish to do exactly this wi

That would be such a copyright infringement -- you'd have lawyers up
your rear for years!

Dr. Sooz wrote:
That would be such a copyright infringement -- you'd have lawyers up
your rear for years!

I didn't think about the reverse image problem. You are correct, the
foam in that case probaby wouldn't work as intended.

As for the copyright infringement, I have researched copyrights on art
and documents for various purposes, and *generally* speaking, companies
are fine with you using their art images for personal use. However, if
you intend to sell something with those images and gain profit from
their art, you -definitely- need to contact the company before using
their art. I do not think there would be a problem with making stamps
of the tokens as long as neither the stamps nor the images made from
them were in any way used for profit or sale. If there's any doubt, of
course contact the company.

Barbara

Dr. Sooz wrote:
That would be such a copyright infringement -- you'd have lawyers up
your rear for years!

Well, maybe. If the coin/token is an antique, for instance, there would be
no copyright issues. Forgery, maybe, depending on the ultimate use of the
impression...

--
Pat Kight

Barbara Hass wrote:

Dr. Sooz wrote:

That would be such a copyright infringement -- you'd have lawyers up
your rear for years!

I didn't think about the reverse image problem. You are correct, the
foam in that case probaby wouldn't work as intended.

As for the copyright infringement, I have researched copyrights on art
and documents for various purposes, and *generally* speaking, companies
are fine with you using their art images for personal use.

Unless, of course, the company in question is Disney.

--
Pat Kight

Pat Kight wrote:
Barbara Hass wrote:

Dr. Sooz wrote:

That would be such a copyright infringement -- you'd have lawyers up
your rear for years!

I didn't think about the reverse image problem. You are correct, the
foam in that case probaby wouldn't work as intended.

As for the copyright infringement, I have researched copyrights on art
and documents for various purposes, and *generally* speaking,
companies are fine with you using their art images for personal use.


Unless, of course, the company in question is Disney.

True. That's why I said "generally." :-) I recently contacted a company
about selling Christmas ornaments made from some of their cross-stitch
charts. As long as my production was under a certain amount (ie. not
being mass-produced, just stitched by little ol' me), I was not selling
copies of the chart itself, and it wasn't of Disney, Precious Moments,
or any of those other big licensed characters, they were fine with me
selling the ornaments.

In the case of stamping, each company has their own angel policy which
details what you need to do to fulfill copyright obligations if you will
sell cards made using their stamps.

If in doubt, contact the company!

Barbara