unhappy

I have been emailing back and forth with Spreadshirt's lack of customer service for a while.
They keep pulling two of my images down because another seller complains that I have them. The other seller claims that they are their images. But the images come from a tv show. I created the images to mirror the ones on the tv show, and so did the other seller. Their common images.
SS wants me to provide documentation that I own the images. But I know the other seller has provided no such documentation. When I point this out or ask what the other seller has provided, spreadshirt just sends me a form email restating their terms and conditions. Becuase the other seller complained first somehow their getting a pass.

PLUS... I pointed out third image in the seller's store, that was compleatly ripped off from another site (which claims copyright on their images), and SS does nothing. They just ask me if I own that image, which I tell them no, then continue to ignore it.


I suspect that the other seller is getting favoritism becuase they pay for a premium store, which I can't afford to right now.
I just wanted to point this out to anyone considering doing business with Spreadshirt. If you do, realize that they pick and choose which customers to support and which ones to screw with.

 

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splathead

As Shepard Farley found out with his Obama Hope art, mirroring copyrighed material does not make it a common image.

You are telling us that you should be able to infringe on someone else's (the tv show) copyright because the other guy is doing it?

You won't get any sympathy here.

You're not privy to other company's licenses, deals or arrangements. Nor should you care. It's hard enough, I am sure, running your own business without having to be concerned with the way others run theirs.

If you want to be the copyright police and feel someone is being infringed upon, then report the work to the copyright holders instead of SS. But don't blast SS because they won't let you do something illegal when you think someone else is.

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unhappy

I don't believe the images are copyrighted. But if spreadshirt is afraid they are, fine. My issue is not if their legal to sell or not. It's simply that spreadshirt picks and chooses who can sell them.

My point is not to blast spreadshirt. I still use them. But I just wanted others to be aware, that if another seller steals your image and complains to spreadshirt, your facing an uphill battle.

 

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splathead

Quote: Originally Posted by unhappy My point is not to blast spreadshirt. I still use them. But I just wanted others to be aware, that if another seller steals your image and complains to spreadshirt, your facing an uphill battle.

SS is smarter than that. The only reason they blasted you and not the other store is because either 1) they had the image online first or 2) they have provided a license for the images and you can't.

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tat2ts

Depending on which side of the pond your dealing with,SP EU or SP America. Copyright laws are very different on both sides and SP is very strict about them
Heres a good example: I used a unrestricted public domain design (American public domain) as a base for one of my designs and it has done well here stateside. I sent it to the EU side of the SP world and it was imediately pulled because an EU company had used the same design as a part of their logo and trademarked it. Yes it is a public domain design but EU laws allow for them to be trademarked.

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