yo thanks for sharing brotha!!! keep gettin that money!

Holy shit!!!! 😨😨😨😨😨 I was few days away from doing this. God is incredible how he makes fate meet destiny it was meant to be that I see this story or for this story to be told 👏👏👏👏

@@StayAlert1 Wow! Thats awesome but where was god when this guy was getting busted in front of his child? Where was god when so many kids are being molested in church? If you are saying god cares about you and finding your car keys or finding out about this story but doesn't care about protecting children in his own churches. I'd say there was a defect in the thinking abilities of us humans.

hahahaa hell yeah!!! thanks for watchin and for finding the channel! good luck with your brand! 👊🏾

But still there’s epic & important photos that people might want to put in a shirt... For example an Emmett Till shirt or an 92 LA riots shirt... What do u do then??

@@theinfamousmellTV I don't do riot or protest or in memory of celebrity shirts. I don't want to profet from others pain. This is just my opinion but a am old school. But I do understand that a business has to make money. So I don't fault anyone for doing anything.

Joe Gampa Well I see we have different views. Me putting Emmett Till or the 92 L.A Riots is not to profit off of pain , nor to have somebody want to riot...It’s to remind people... “certain” people to not forget about the pain African Americans use to go through & are still going through & It’s to promote change.... “Change” means more to me than “$$$$” It’s funny that’s what u got from my comment! Smfh..

@@theinfamousmellTV as I said. I dont fault anyone for running there business however they see fit. I said my opinion. I also do not believe in censorship. If you have a message to get out then by all means get it out.

Joe Gampa Cool .. I feel that! ✊🏾

I appreciate that! thanks for watching!

sorry for the long ass wait hahahahaa! thanks for rockin with me

EXACTLY! Nick's experience was the perfect storm because he is like most people with a cutter and press at home. and if this happened to him, it could easily happen to anybody else! no matter the size of your operation.

thanks for watching

it was more so about "buying to protect himself" that was the thought process behind purchasing the vector files. "im paying for the files and not ripping them off google so im doing things correctly" and i agree. i used to work in a reprographics shop as well and we needed proof from the owner to duplicate anything that was copywritten. we used to turn down jobs all the time because we would be held accountable for reproducing something that was copywritten

congrats on the new equipment! thanks for watching! Time to get that money!!!!

@@BigBrandoh Yes sir!

yoooo thanks for watchin. outside of this interview with Nick. i have come into contact with 4 other people who got busted the same way for the same reasons. too much to risk to take a short cut for quick cash.

i appreciate that!!! and i agree, Thanks Nick for sharing your experience with all of us! thanks for watching

B-Man, thanks for keeping your word on this as well, I know you work so hard for your family & your fans! We do Appreciate that & You!

thanks for watching!

thanks for watching

@@BigBrandoh I always watch the ones who drop knowledge!

you wont be gettin that video from me. hahahaa These company's dont license to everybody. it has to be in their favor. thats why companys like New Era and 47 are the main ones who stitch sports teams on hats. if the yankees licensed their logo out to everybody and anybody theyre be some really shitty yankee merch out there hahaha get me?

Big Brandoh yeah. I get it. Dang! I just made some Wu-Tang masks.

Usually it’s gonna be a huge upfront fee and possibly a small royalty on top. And like brandoh said they won’t give it to anybody. Like Yankees ain’t gonna let u make shirts out of ur bedroom. U would have to be a bog player that is scaled up like 10,000 units a day type of production

thanks for watchin Tasha

thanks for watchin print zebra

yessir!!! 👊🏾 thanks for watchin

you are not lying... i see it too! haha

yeah buddy it's crazy and even more so on etsy.

yeah that didnt work, tried that. tried unlinking audio from video also. hahahaaa i gave up

thanks for watchin

i have no idea why they arent crackin down on the svg sellers. its pretty messed up tho. thanks for watching

There's a few factors going into that. One is that it is difficult to definitively track down the seller. In Nick's case, they knew exactly who he was, where he lived, and had hard physical proof of what he was doing. Digital sellers can easily hide behind VPNs, fake or misleading addresses, fake names, etc. Two, many digital sellers are not located in the same country as the trademark/copyright holder which makes finding them nearly impossible and if you are able to find them, the international laws don't have any bite. They can send a cease and desist or a court summons, but the seller can just ignore it with virtually no repercussions, especially if the seller lives in a country that doesn't respect or abide by copyright laws. That is why you see a lot of knockoffs and bootlegs coming from places like Russia and China. Massive companies with a physical and legal presence in other countries, like Disney in China, have an easier time going after those sellers but it is still a big undertaking and they will usually lose more money than they recoup. So they don't go after all sellers, they'll usually go after a few at once, once they are fed up enough to, to serve as an example and warning to others. Disney specifically did something like that on Etsy at the end of 2019 and beginning of 2020. The third and probably biggest aspect is that the marketplaces hosting these products, like Etsy and Ebay, are protected under "garage sale laws". Basically it means you can't sue Etsy because a seller on their site is guilty of stealing artwork or using trademarked images without a license, you can only go after the seller themselves. Since Etsy gets a piece of every sale but assumes none of the legal liability, they really don't do much to police the sellers on their own site because a MASSIVE portion of their sales are from copyright and trademark infringing goods. It isn't in their financial interest. They'll usually monitor it just enough to maintain their brand and image, they don't want to look like Wish or AliExpress, but they also don't want to monitor it so much that they lose money. There's even more to it than that, but all of that makes it easy to get away with selling trademark infringing stuff online and makes it extremely difficult to stop people that sell digital assets.

Svg sellers are the agents. That's how they get suspect leads.

@@MikeyDunksMusic so basically they just set people up that buy the copyrighted svg?

well said! thanks for sharing!

i got vids showing that. SVG and PNG for using a cutter. and Vector files for sending artwork to a print shop to be printed.

yo fletch thanks for watchin 👊🏾

i use colorways all the timeZ but i would stay away from using names like "Lakers" and really stay away from using the word lakers printed i purple and yellow hahahahaa as for your dba i cant answer that for you. thats something you have to figure out for yourself if its time to do that. i dont know how your business is structured. what i can suggest is using proof of concept. meaning prove to yourself that your idea is profitable and worth moving forward with. i got a video explaining this on my channel.

@@BigBrandoh True That! good common sense advice haha. Gotcha proof of concept! I can work with that! awesome thanks for the assist!

Some brand owners have claimed color as partnof their Trademark and has garnered brand recognition based on the color, like Tiffany Blue...so stay away from colors as well to be on the safe side. Also, using similar words with the team colors could also get you in trouble, so beware.

yeah thats crazy. but you gotta operate at your own risk. gotta remember that these big company's TM their logos and names for a reason. its like if TM'd your name, you did it to protect whats yours and if somebody was makin money off your TM you would want to shut it down asap. be careful out there!

Yes i have yet to understand how etsy determines who can stay or not it is seriously ridiculous smh

footnote, the concept of using a platform that can arbitrarily shut you down for whatever reasons, makes me nervous. for instance, what if i create an ORIGINAL ( non-trademarked) 👕 shirt with a controversial, (BUT LEGAL) political statement. will etsy ( or some other platform shut me down?)

good strategy! thanks for sharing and also thanks for watching

create it on the laptop. you can use any laptop or computer. i use adobe software to create all my designs. photoshop and illustrator

thats right. the temptation is what gets everybody caught up. The mind state of "ohh i can make that logo on my cutter" and then its the "oh i can slang this on the low, i wont get caught up or the police got bigger things to worry about" hahaha Nick is living proof that it dont matter how big or small your operation is, these company's are out to fight for their TM's

I saw a well know KZfaqr during one of his lives using copyrighted material he basically said you can use the images under fair use and that is completely untrue so now you have newbies listening to that garbage and then they get all caught up the best thing is to just don’t do it. As for your friend I’m thinking if it went down like he said they are mighty close to entrapment i think he’ll be ok just don’t do it again

@@bagwear8689not entrapment bc law enforcement didn’t conduct the sting. Law enforcement made the arrest with evidence provided by a private investigator. Loop holes in everything

yeah but i also seen somebody just like Nick get charged a little over $10k for doin the same thing. similar situation, bigger price tag. one guy with a vinyl cutter.

i made them myself

yeah thats a tricky situation when you do that! cuz the photographer who shot the pic could own rights to the image and the person in the photograph. So you can face 2 different lawsuits. i seen it happen many times before. always ends in the copyright owners favor.

Band T’shirts also with big band names album covers and logos- I’ve seen a lot of it too and Etsy svg files- is this different?

i honestly cant answer this because i am not an attorney. So i cant give legal advice. my opinion on your situation is, if you bought the nfl team sticker from a licensed dealer you should be ok. im guessing its like buying a sticker from a store and slappin it on your car. as for the disney paper from joanns it would be the same thing. but this is just my opinion. for better clarification i would seek legal advice. this is just my opinion

dam thats crazy! thanks for sharing and thanks for watchin. i really appreciate it!

you have to operate at your own risk. i cant tell you how to run your business but if you decided to use pictures that you didnt take of famous people. you can be sued by the photographer that took the picture and be sued by the person in the picture. i've seen people get sued for 1,000 and i've seen people get sued for 100,000+ like i said you have to operate at your own risk. if somebody took your photo put it on a shirt and made $4million off of your face. wouldnt you want a piece of that $4mil?

Yeah. Copyright

yes. some of these popular slogans are TM. for better clarification i would contact a trademark Attorney.

@@BigBrandoh thank you so much man

for the best clarification on an idea like that. i would ask a trademark attorney. some will give that advice for free and some might charge but its worth a couple hundred bucks to know up front than pay thousands later hahahaaa

thank you for doing your research! 💪🏾

The LA on this hat isnt a TM'd logo. so in this case, wouldnt get in trouble. Big difference between this LA and the dodgers LA logo. but you have to operate at your own risk. im not an attorney so i cant give legal advice on what can get you in trouble. i would suggest speaking with a trademark lawyer for better clarification.

any heat press will work. i use this press because of the build quality and slide out drawer. its easier to lay the shirt down and place the transfer down when your not working directly under the heat

Big Brandoh Thank you G I appreciate the tip, im aiming for that 5 in 1 heat press & im only looking to heat press pro clubs & heavy weight gear. Think I’ll be cool?

i cant give legal advice because i am not an attorney. i can give my opinion tho. If somebody printed a picture of you on a shirt, then made 18 million dollars off of your face on a t shirt. Would you want a piece of that 18 mill? or would you be cool with people profiting off your face?

@@BigBrandoh true true. I see so many around and I wonder how they don't get in trouble. So I am so new with vinyl and sublimination is totally new. And I want to start a good way and not get into any crazy mess. Keep educating especially a widow like me who just is wanting to do this for a side hustle to bring in money for the family.

look at it closer. its not the dodger logo.

from what ive seen... they get hit double. the photographer who shot the pic and the artists estate can go after whoever is using that persons face. i've seen it happen a few times before. pretty crazy and alot of money involved too.

im not a trademark attorney so legally, i cant tell you what you can or can not do. you have to operate at your own risk. but for better clarification, i would contact a trademark lawyer for real legal advice.

very tricky. gotta operate at your own risk

i have no idea. you would have to ask a trademark lawyer this question. i cant give any kind of legal advice.

Legally, reproducing another person's Intellectual Property, which could be a Trademark or Copyright, is against the law. Often people make one for themself and someone likes it and before you know it, you're in business. It's best to not even make one for yourself. Now using the Disney paper from JoAnn's requires you to check the fine print. Moreso than not, it is licensed for personal use, upon purchase. But check the Terms of Use or in the product description.

yea it is

nah you good. pro club is made to decorate on and resell.

@@BigBrandoh thanks heaps for the confirmation 🙏👑

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what do you mean? i dont understand this question

you planning on investing in adobe stocks? i dont know anything about that

@@BigBrandoh I’m sorry I didn’t make myself clear. I was hoping you would know if it was okay to use the Adobe stock photos for t-shirt printing in regards to the licensing.

oh. im not sure about that. i've never user those before so i dont know what the rules are. i would contact adobe's help center and ask.

you gotta look closer. its not the dodger logo.

@@BigBrandoh the top of the A 🤔 I see…so if you tweak it a little, it’s not copyright infringement

i cant give any legal advice because im not a lawyer. but think about it like this... If i put a picture of you on a shirt and lets say i made like 10 Million off that shirt. wouldnt you want a piece of that money? since it is your face on the shirt. you gotta operate at your own risk in this business, if you feel like you could get in trouble for doin somethin like that, theres a big chance you might run into trouble. or seek real legal advice from an attorney. just to be safe

@@BigBrandoh thanks 4 the advice bro.

you would have to operate at your own risk.

yes they do have copyrights. if you didnt take the photo. you are infringing on that photographers image. im a photographer by day and i can tell you that, people get sued DAILY for taking images and printing them. and if you are selling those images.... Game Over!!! i've personally seen somebody take an image and made prints but only sold 4 of those prints. and got sued for $110k from the photographer. in every digital image there is something called metadata. that has all the info on when the photo was shot, on what camera with what lens, if the gps is on it'll say where it was shot and who shot that photograph. thats where the copyright lives. not just on the watermark. its embedded in the photo.

@@BigBrandoh cool bro. thanks for the heads up . Did not know that

i have no idea. if somebody did that, they would have to operate at their own risk.

If its a copy paste with a small change it is still infringement. You can create your own inspired by the logo and you'll be fine. As long as you are the artist creating the image then that is your intellectual property. You just cant straight up trace someone elses work.

I get it. This is tricky.

This basically boils down to intent. If it even SEEMS like your intention was to copy or bootleg the Raiders logo, then it won't matter that you changed it slightly. You will still get a cease and desist or just be flat out sued. Their logo, their team name, even their colors used in conjunction with each other are all trademarked and copyrighted on some level. Using any element of that can be infringement. The only way to get away with this is if you change the logo to be an obvious parody or satirical commentary, and you were in no way trying to pass it off as Raiders merch and no reasonable person could possibly think it was Raiders merch. An example of this would be the Caucasians logo parody that designer Brian Kirby made of the Cleveland Indians Chief Wahoo mascot (which itself is now being stolen and sold on places like Etsy). Even though that was obviously an original artistic parody and protected under the first amendment, Kirby still had vague threats of legal action for infringement and for "damaging" the reputation of the Cleveland Indians. Luckily he was never sued, but the only reason is probably because it was so high profile, obviously a parody, and the intent was clearly parody. The most important thing to keep in mind is, even if you think you aren't doing anything illegal or you know you could win in a lawsuit, you still have to have all of the time, energy, and tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of dollars it would take to fight a billionaire industry like the NFL. Whether or not you win, your business and finances could be destroyed. It's simple risk vs gain. You could gain a few dollars, but you're risking a fortune, your livelihood, and your reputation. It's not worth it. Read Fright Rags story about the legal action Universal brought against them in the early days for using the Frankenstein image.

I've seen cases prosecuted and won based on likelihood of confusion. I would suggest that you not just tweak one or two things because if the average consumer could make the connection to the brand that you are drawing your inspiration from then you could be sued.

for that i have no idea. ive never used any trademarked images or royalty free images. i usually create all my own designs. you can look up royalty free stock images. some sites should pop up

take a closer look. its not the dodger logo. you'll see why and how if you put it next to a dodger logo.

Definitely see that the Crossbar on yours is higher in the A so not as much counter space, nice 👍 had to do a second take.

nope. hes actually in court now fighting it. he does updates on his instagram about it all.

Entrapment will usually refer to a buyer, like a john being solicited in a prostitution sting. They can argue that they didn't think of or pursue the criminal activity, they were passive and the criminal activity came to them and was pushed onto them. Now if Nick were making all original shirts and they approached him asking, "Hey! Can you make me some LA Lakers shirts?", or if they implied that they held the trademark and were outsourcing production to him, then that could be entrapment. But in this case he had already created these shirts, offered them up for sale, sold a few, and committed the crime. They were just buying the illegal goods that he was already making and selling for the purposes of proving that he was already engaged in this, so that wouldn't constitute entrapment.

hahahahaaaaaa do you watch Madalorian?

@@BigBrandoh bro, my in laws are the biggest star Wars nerds I know. My sister in law is in the 501st and my wife is getting her costume made to be in the 501st

@@BigBrandoh and yes, I make Mandalorian shirts.

haha thats dope. im not a huge fan like that but i fuck with Star Wars. but that Mandalorian show is too dope!

what about it?

when doin parody stuff you just gotta operate at your own risk. but your right. parody is always fun to do

There is limited Fair Use for Parody so please proceed with caution.

Did you get a warning? I got an email from etsy about 3 of my listings that they deactivated. I went ahead and deactivated the rest of my listings with that design by myself so it wouldn't happen again. I wasn't sure if it was something like 3 strikes and you're out

yeah i have no idea. but i see alot of people slangin svg's online. theyre every where. i know they arent licensed. its a crazy game to play when it comes to registered TM's.

@@BigBrandoh hell yeah that's crazy how they rolled on him though

i buy blanks based on who im sellin too. just makes the sell easier. i personally like wearing alstyle and pro club.