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<blockquote data-quote="bcnu" data-source="post: 2379515" data-attributes="member: 582433">It doesn&#039;t matter if you&#039;re selling it or not; the issue is whether you have the right to use the creative work and the answer is yes you do.&nbsp; If you took the photo then you own the copyright and can duplicate it and sell it to others or print it on a shirt.&nbsp; It will not violate anyone&#039;s copyright because you own the copyright.&nbsp; However, if Corvette is a registered trademark in the area of clothing (and it is), you have to be careful that you are not creating any likelihood of confusion in the marketplace as this would be trademark infringement.&nbsp; If it&#039;s clear that you&#039;re only selling a home-made shirt with your own photo, then it would be considered a &quot;permitted use&quot; of the Corvette brand as incidental to selling your shirt.&nbsp; If you were to advertise it, however, I&#039;d suggest saying, &quot;a corvette photo on a shirt&quot; rather than &quot;Corvette shirt&quot; because the latter would suggest you are selling a Corvette brand shirt, which you&#039;re not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bcnu, post: 2379515, member: 582433"] It doesn't matter if you're selling it or not; the issue is whether you have the right to use the creative work and the answer is yes you do. If you took the photo then you own the copyright and can duplicate it and sell it to others or print it on a shirt. It will not violate anyone's copyright because you own the copyright. However, if Corvette is a registered trademark in the area of clothing (and it is), you have to be careful that you are not creating any likelihood of confusion in the marketplace as this would be trademark infringement. If it's clear that you're only selling a home-made shirt with your own photo, then it would be considered a "permitted use" of the Corvette brand as incidental to selling your shirt. If you were to advertise it, however, I'd suggest saying, "a corvette photo on a shirt" rather than "Corvette shirt" because the latter would suggest you are selling a Corvette brand shirt, which you're not. [/QUOTE]

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