Hi all,
I sell custom made italian charm bracelets on Ebay. I do pictures that are sent to me but I also do pre-made bracelets etc. and a really popular item I do is broadway bracelets.
I've been selling Bracelets and charms from the Musical 'Wicked' for about a year now and the other day I got this message in my ebay messages:
I am an attorney with Universal Pictures and Wicked LLC, the copyright owners of the musical play Wicked and all elements thereto, including all of its associated artwork and photos. Your charms are an infringement of Universal's and Wicked LLC's copyrighted materials and we hereby demand that you immediately cease the manufacturing and selling of your infringing items. We appreciate your enthusiasm towards our show, but we have an official and exclusive arrangement with Araca Merch to do all of the show's merchandising. If this auction continues or you continue to infringe our rights, we will have no choice but to report you to Vero @ ebay. Thank you. Keith Bxxx. xxxxxxxxx
So - I did some digging. Keith Bxxx is an attorney with Universal pictures.
Also - the message was sent from the account of 'wickedkeith' which has no transactions on record and was opened March '05 - the same time that Wicked opened.
So - it all seems legit -- but I noticed that another seller has their Wicked bracelet up.
I'm thinking maybe she reported me because I was selling the same thing as her (but at a higher quality).
What are the copywrite laws when it comes to this?
Thanks =)
I sell custom made italian charm bracelets on Ebay. I do pictures that are sent to me but I also do pre-made bracelets etc. and a really popular item I do is broadway bracelets.
I've been selling Bracelets and charms from the Musical 'Wicked' for about a year now and the other day I got this message in my ebay messages:
I am an attorney with Universal Pictures and Wicked LLC, the copyright owners of the musical play Wicked and all elements thereto, including all of its associated artwork and photos. Your charms are an infringement of Universal's and Wicked LLC's copyrighted materials and we hereby demand that you immediately cease the manufacturing and selling of your infringing items. We appreciate your enthusiasm towards our show, but we have an official and exclusive arrangement with Araca Merch to do all of the show's merchandising. If this auction continues or you continue to infringe our rights, we will have no choice but to report you to Vero @ ebay. Thank you. Keith Bxxx. xxxxxxxxx
So - I did some digging. Keith Bxxx is an attorney with Universal pictures.
Also - the message was sent from the account of 'wickedkeith' which has no transactions on record and was opened March '05 - the same time that Wicked opened.
So - it all seems legit -- but I noticed that another seller has their Wicked bracelet up.
I'm thinking maybe she reported me because I was selling the same thing as her (but at a higher quality).
What are the copywrite laws when it comes to this?
Thanks =)