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Originally Posted by BigFurry
Yes it's huge. Some people are making millions in sales.
Here's my understanding of it.
Parody in theory is okay, but it's a subjective thing and it's on thin ice. It's not endorsed officially.
If you sign up a t-shirt program randomly and start designing such shirts, you'll get banned.
If you're a bro or making lots of money for them, they'll protect you. When they get copyright complaints, they remove your shirt. But they let you continue what you're doing and make new ones...
A bit like the Tube business I guess. :P
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I read the FAQ on one of the bigger more professional T-shirt sites and they had a lot of info on copyright/fair use and it was really vague, it was like they were saying 'if it's cool or funny, go ahead', of course they also covered their ass by expressing how serious copyright is. They offered examples of various copyright infringement lawsuits - to further muddy the waters, one judge might see it one way another the other.
You've been involved in the online t-shirt biz?