In my not-so-lay opinion, yes it would be. There are many exceptions to
copyright infringement (buildings and other objects in public places,
private usage, incidental background, for review purposes, etc.) but
none seem to apply here. Transferring copyrighted artwork onto an item
and selling it appears to be a legal no-no. And, regardless of selling
price, statutory damages start at $750 per infringing item, not
something to sneeze at. (Basically, the blanket maker/seller is making
money off of someone else's creative work without permission.) It's
like the barstools I've seen posted for sale; nobody would pay the
asking price without the artwork, which is somebody else's IP. I do this
stuff for a living, fwiw....
Borygard;1960564 Wrote:
> Brings up an interesting point. Is a photo of something you own,
> printed onto something else, in this case a blanket, copyright
> infringement? Regardless of who made the item you own that you've
> photographed?
>
> I'd think the photograph wouldn't be infringement, even if sold, so
> would the blanket be infringement?
>
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