What are the rules for using images of well-known cartoon characters?
I run a small website which offers a coloring in program for young children. I’ve always been very careful to only use images that are my own creations or have been contributed by users.
Despite a lot of users wanting pictures of SpongeBob or Scooby-doo, or … I have steered clear of creating such images because I don not want to be sued for breach of copyright.
At one stage I tried to contact Disney corporation by email, to ask about this, but they did not even bother to reply.
Am I being over-cautious?
Take a look at almost any website that offers printable coloring pages and you will see a plethora of what I would have thought were copyrighted images – Mickey Mouse, 101 Dalmations, Dora the Explorer, Superman, – you name it.
Are they breaching copyright? And if so why haven’t the big corporations like Disny and Nickelodeon shut them down?
yes they are breaching copyright
you dont know if disney or nickelodeon is not doing something about it (sometimes legal matter take years to settle, and during that time they’re collecting evidence)
No you’re not being overly cautious, you are acting within the law and not infringing on the rights of those characters and the companies that own them
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