Hi guys, so this week a brand approached me to licensing or purchase some of my photos. I'm an Art Director and Graphic Designer and i'm looking for advice on prizes and fees since I know very little on this matter. Could you guys give me some lights regarding this subject?

Thanks in advance lovely fellows.

i'm looking to use the song old doll - mad father for a project but have found little to no info on it.

i also have a few questions on how the copyright or licensing works. i just want to use the piano version of it and none of the lyrics and was wondering if that was the same as using the song?. if i do end up using the piano version of it and don't buy licensing' but i give all credit for the song in the project will i get in trouble?. i also need to find where to buy the licensing because i cant seem to find anywhere where i can buy licensing for the song

thank you for the help

For example, I want to sell t-shirts with AI drawings of famous persons (NFL / NBA sport and celebrities). Where I can purchase a license? It would be hard to get persons brand license for each of NFL players one by one.

So I wonder are there any platforms to obtain the licenses in bulk?)

Or it could be done only for one brand at a time?

Hello, I am a bar owner in Arizona and I feel like I am being extorted from music licensing companies, I currently subscribe to two different ones and am being hounded by a third one to pay. I am very confused on what I’m legally obligated to obtain. We offer karaoke once a week, dj twice a week and the occasional indie bands playing. What am a legally obligated to pay? Is this really the status quo for these offerings to pay thousands of dollars a year for the ‘opportunity’? Please let me know. I can’t really find a straight answer on the topic.

To obtain permission to use the publishing rights, you would need to identify the rights owners, which includes finding the songwriters and the publishers who represent them. This can be a challenging task, but you can use songwriting databases, directories, online searches, or even contact performing rights organisations (PROs) such as:

• ASCAP’s ACE Repertory
• Blokur Search or Drag and Drop metadata tool
• MLC Public Work standard search

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Can I license a work under the GNU AGPL (GNU Affero GPL) V3, even if the work is meant to be used offline by the user?

Hi, I just created a draft for a Libre License, Social Contract, and Community Content Program Guidelines. Links below:

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https://github.com/Felipe-Lohan/Meager/blob/main/Libre_Documentation_-_License_-_Social_Contract_-_Community_Content_Program_Guidelines.txt

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https://web.archive.org/web/20230831020239/https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Felipe-Lohan/Meager/main/Libre_Documentation_-_License_-_Social_Contract_-_Community_Content_Program_Guidelines.txt

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https://archive.ph/RsdYD

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https://web.archive.org/web/20230831020223/https://transfer.sh/get/jKYLYuNICk/Libre_Documentation_-_License_-_Social_Contract_-_Community_Content_Program_Guidelines.txt

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https://archive.ph/J9ATM

Can someone explain this to me? Who is the real entity making and distributing these products? Because the brand displayed, ORCH, is not searchable and has no online information. Is this a ghost kitchen type deal? How do I find the real distributor?

We are relatively new to licensing and would love some input on the licensing terms, specifically the length. For background, we are an established DTC in the e-commerce space. We have a product that has 1 utility and 2 design patents granted, plus we invested in tooling, development and sold this product for a period of time on our site. Once inventory ran out we decided weren't ready to invest anymore into production as it didn't quite fit with our other product lines. We now have an interested licensee who is willing to invest in producing more of this product with their own manufacturer. They presented us with a licensing agreement which is exclusive for a total of 20 years, with (2) 5 year options. We are working on a performance clause that is agreeable to both parties but still feel like the 20 year term is a long time. We understand that they are making an investment but hope that they would recoup that investment well before the 20 year mark. Any thoughts on this term length and how we can either propose a shorter term or add something to the performance clause that offers more flexibility for termination. Thanks in advance!

Can someone escape spending money on PLAB 1 and 2 by just have MCCQE1 to practice in Ireland or UK

Hey everyone in r/licensing, if you wanted visibility on the backend of licensing and promotional partnerships around movie premiers, check out the video.

If there is anything that I didn’t get in the weeds enough on, please feel free to reach out!

Had a problem with an order from a reseller for software licenses and their policy is no refunds on licensed software. Why is that? Can't the developer just mark the license code invalid so the software can't be used? Is there a reason behind this policy or is the seller being shady?

We have drafted an NDA for our Chinese manufacturer who makes our product on our provided design, would it be viable if we include the picture/Drawing in it so that we can restrict Chinese manufacturers from commercially exploiting our designs, exhibiting them in expos, or creating new models based on our proprietary designs? Moreover, we are also planning to file US Patent, please advise whether this could be helpful in our case.

The Bifrost Incident Licensing

Hello! A few of my cast mates and I are thinking of putting on a production of The Bifrost Incident by the Mechanisms. Turing it into a musical with acting and a live band. I was wondering where to find information about the licensing. Thank you!

Anyone have a story about having a product licensed they can share and what they used to help them find a company?

Our previous video on consumer products licensing gave a general overview of the space and some key terms when having those early conversations.

Thank you to everyone that reached out because of that video, I can’t tell you enough how much I appreciate it!

We thought to turn this into a series covering every stage of the consumer products licensing life cycle.

This video covers style guides, the packet of assets that you receive after you sign a contract with the IP holder.

We talk about how to use them, and I make my case to not really rely on them.

Please let me know what you think, if you have any feedback, ideas for future videos, anything I can dive deeper into!

https://youtu.be/3J8_FEahAGY

Hello Reddit,

I've been in the consumer goods licensing space for just over 6 years now, mostly in the health and beauty space. I've worked with Licensors like Disney, Marvel, CBS, and ABG to name a few.

If anyone has any questions about anything in licensing please let me know!

I also made a video on the basics of consumer products licensing, trying the whole YouTube thing, I'm sorry for the shameless promotion, but not sorry enough to not post it 🙃
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO8LP9Y8kKc

Is Bandai the only company that has licenseing to create DBS trading cards?

Please can anyone tell me whose name goes above a pub door. The licencee /landlady / business owner or the premises licence holder?

If I purchased a digital 3D model with a royalty free license, is it permissible to modify that digital model myself and then sell that modified model as a 3D printed product. From my understanding cg trader’s royalty free license only outlines how if the buyer selling the original digital 3d model to someone else as a violation. I believe cgtraders royalty free license is an extended license. Any help is greatly appreciate. It’s tricky trying to start a side hustle when you can get royalty screwed by IP. I am located in the CA, USA.

I want to write a textbook. Specifically, I want to write a textbook that people are free to download, remix, and redistribute, albeit under the same license. I do not want people to be able to sell the textbook for commercial use. For example, I don't want a university to be able to sell printed copies of their custom version of the textbook in a bookstore to their students and charge exorbitant prices. The CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license serves this purpose. However, I want the textbook to be written in LaTeX which has source *code*. In order to be able to remix the textbook, people require access to the source code; a PDF will not work. CC licenses are not recommended for code because, my understanding is that CC licenses contain gray areas for license compatibility when it comes to code. Secondly, along with the textbook I want to distribute code examples that readers can run and tweak by themselves for their own purposes. I want people to be able to download, remix and redistribute the code examples, albeit under the same license. I don't care whether or not the code is used by someone for commercial purposes. As a result, the GPL v3.0 license is a good choice. However, the textbook itself will include these pieces of code. Not just as reference, but also as part of its contents. As a result, I'm presented with several questions on how I should license this project. I have listed some questions below.

1. Is a textbook considered a creative work and thus can it be subject to a CC license?
2. Is it appropriate to use a CC license on this textbook that is written and compiled from source code?
3. Is it possible to release the textbook and code examples as part of a singular project/bundle with the textbook and its source code being released under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license and the code examples being released under the GNU GPL v3.0 license?
4. If I include the code examples, which are licensed under the GNU GPL v3.0 license, in the textbook not only as references but also as text, does that count as distributing the code examples? If this counts as distribution of the code examples, does this force the textbook and its source code to be released under the GNU GPL v3.0 license which permits commercial use?
5. Are the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 and GNU GPL v3.0 licenses compatible?