Looks like the copyright issue has always existed, though. And now it's a bit better.
Swag is being bought -- do we have an alternative provider.
Admittedly, I'm not the biggest TOS reader except when it comes to domain registrars.
Oh! I know this one! 'Slaying entails certain sacrifices, blah blah blahbity blah, I'm so stuffy, gimme a scone.'
Buffy ,'Help'
Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
§ ita § - Jun 20, 2003 4:26:02 am PDT #2636 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sue - Jun 20, 2003 4:46:54 am PDT #2637 of 10005
hip deep in pie
That non-exclusive license clause seems pretty common on web services. I know the Atlantic Forums have a similar kind of clause, and I think Worldcrossing do too. I don't think they stipulate an end date however. I think it's a clause that just allows them to publish trademarked or copyrigthed things -- they don't claim any ownership or exclusivity to the license.
Jessica - Jun 20, 2003 5:53:27 am PDT #2638 of 10005
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It has to be the same item/same pattern, I'm guessing, right?
Exactly. We've sold 20 items in a month before, but never 20 of the exact same style/pattern.
AFA our intellectual property rights are concerned, the Member Agreement states unequivocally that we own everything. That said, in exchange for using CafePress, we grant them a license to use our product designs to advertise themselves [while we have accounts with them, and up to 90 days after an account is closed]. (Their mailing list will occasionally send out "hey, this is really cool stuff, and you should buy it!" emails -- I just recently got one with a whole bunch of Martha-Stewart-in-jail-wear. Or one of our logo shirts might show up in a graphic on their front page.)
amych - Jun 20, 2003 5:55:10 am PDT #2639 of 10005
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Good. I misread or dismembered the IP issue, in that case. I'm happy to have done so.
Wolfram - Jun 23, 2003 6:49:48 am PDT #2640 of 10005
Visilurking
With all the talk about cafepress and board funding issues, I was wondering why we don't have affiliate links for places like Amazon and Buy.com. With all the Buffy-related DVD purchases made by Buffistas (not to mention Farscape, Harry Potter, upcoming Firefly DVD etc.), it could probably raise a few bucks. Has this been discussed already?
Jon B. - Jun 23, 2003 7:00:19 am PDT #2641 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
The links to Amazon merch in the FAQ currently use my personal affiliate id. If the commissions ever amount to anything significant (I think they've totalled 5 or 10 bucks thus far), I planned on shooting the money over to Jesse.
Michele T. - Jun 23, 2003 7:01:21 am PDT #2642 of 10005
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
As I recall, our budgets are very very much in the black, though Jesse could speak better to that point -- the discussion about cafepress has been more about their policies than about how much money we're looking to make.
Jon B. - Jun 23, 2003 7:03:37 am PDT #2643 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Also, and I could be mistaken about this, I don't think you can use Amazon's "share the love" feature and an affiliate referral at the same time.
Wolfram - Jun 23, 2003 7:06:40 am PDT #2644 of 10005
Visilurking
The links to Amazon merch in the FAQ currently use my personal affiliate id. If the commissions ever amount to anything significant (I think they've totalled 5 or 10 bucks thus far), I planned on shooting the money over to Jesse.
I didn't know there were links in the FAQ. Since I do a lot of Amazon purchases, I'll try and do them through your links from now on.
Aims - Jun 23, 2003 9:43:50 am PDT #2645 of 10005
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Could someone please fix Nutty's thing about Eowyn and whitefont it??? PLEASE.
In Natter.
Nevermind.