Ownership of Rights

By creating a Fy! account you retain all rights to the content you publish. Anything that infringes on another's intellectual property rights is not allowed and contradicts our mission to support independent artists.

What is Copyright?

Copyright is a form of intellectual property law that protects the original works in a tangible medium, both published and unpublished. Quite simply, copyright is hugely important because it protects individual and original works of expression.

Trademark & Branding

Trademark law governs the use of words, phrases, logos, symbols or a combination of these elements that distinguishes the goods of one party from another. This prevents artists from using distinctive or recognizable marks, symbols, or logos in their own designs (e.g. the Nike® swoosh).

Publicity Rights / Celebrity Likeness

Publicity right means everyone has the right to allow or not allow their name, image or likeness to be used for commercial purposes. As you can probably guess, we do not allow the sale of artwork that uses someone's likeness without their prior written permission. This covers all artwork featuring a celebrity or celebrity's likeness. 

Fan Art

Fan art is artwork derived from characters or another aspect of an existing work. While these pieces can be truly incredible and may be meant to pay homage to a beloved work, if fan art infringes on others' copyrights, trademarks or rights of publicity it is not permitted here.

Stock Photography

If you are using stock photography in your images please be careful and check the terms of service where you found the original photos prior to uploading your images. Even though a photograph might be free to use, the license may still prohibit you from using the unmodified photograph for print-on-demand products. Once a piece of art is uploaded to our site, you are legally responsible for any consequences that may come from selling it.

For more information, please read our Copyright and Trademark Policy in your contract.