This message was posted by signman on AmayaUsers.com. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY VIA EMAIL. Instead, respond to the thread on the WEBSITE by clicking here: http://www.amayausers.com/boards/ultimatebb.php?/topic/2/262.html#000001 Yes and no....if the school or league has COPYRIGHTED their logo, then you need PERMISSION from an officer or legal representative of that league. Some leagues may even charge you to use their logo if you are doing work to 'sell', not doing it 'for them'. Any of your big league teams, NFL, AFL, Baseball, colleges, universitys, will for sure have their logos copyrighted and will pursue you if you do not get permission or the 'rights' to use their logo. Our local school did not have their mascot copyrighted-I did a lot of shirts, jackets, etc. for them-and when the local grocery chain suddenly started selling teeshirts WITHOUT permission or even without donating a portion to the school-they went ballistic and then found out they couldn't do anything. SInce I was in the middle of painting their mascot 15' high on the gym wall, I arranged with the principal to let ME copyright the design I had come up with...and therefor it prevented anyone else from using it. Came in handy the next time a group wanted to reproduce it to raise money for themselves...I was able to stop it right there since I had arranged with the school the 'rights' to all copies of that logo. Now there is a misconception that you can change a logo or design 10% or so and still do it. Nope...copyright laws changed several years ago so that NO PORTION OF A COPYRIGHTED DESIGN can be used in any shape or form without permission from the copyright holder. Been over this with full documentation a couple times a year on different forums with some people that don't believe it. You can research it by googling US goverment copyright law and there it is. What you CAN do, to protect you and the school-come up with a great design for them, mascot, etc.-(if it isn't copyrighted yet) and copyright it with YOUR NAME. Then tell them you own that design but will NOT allow it to be used by anyone without the permission of the school! That way you are 'their guard dog' to prevent bootleg versions...and guaranteeing that any use of that logo has to go through you. It does NOT cost a dime to copyright anything. Just produce the image, with YOUR NAME and current date and the 'copyright' symbol-print up a couple, and mail them to yourself as a registered, return reciept letter and do not open it. Just file it. This puts a government date stamp on a copy to prove you did it first! =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================