Officially Licensed Products
Have you ever gotten a specific request from someone? For example, you're crocheting at a library, park, etc and a lady approaches you about making a Hello Kitty hat for her 5 year old granddaughter. Sounds easy enough, right? We've all seen the posts and blogs and pics of other Hello Kitty hats our fellow crafters have made and sold. So what's the big deal? Well I'll tell you. When someone asks for an officially licensed product to be hand made by you, you have a responsibility to approach the company that owns the license and ask permission to make the said object. Why? They own the rights of that specific product and they can (and sometimes will) come to you with a document from their lawyer demanding that you stop making that product. You would be stealing if you continued to make and sell their product. I made two Angry Bird hats for my boys last year. Could I be approached by their lawyers? Sure, but I didn't sell them and I made no profit nor did I ...