Putting Anime Characters On T-Shirt Designs (Copyright Explained)

Is it OK to put anime characters on your t-shirt designs?

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I'm Greg Preece, a YouTuber based out of the United Kingdom. I make videos to help YouTubers build consistent and automated income systems from their YouTube channels. I share what I learn from selling my own digital products and services as a YouTuber myself. I also study the creator economy and interview YouTubers to show what business models YouTubers are currently using to create automated income from their YouTube videos.

[TwoFingerDonut]

I see a lot of artist on YouTube or twitch who draw anime characters for cash, and even more artist on Etsy and redbubble selling anime work. How are they not in trouble? I feel like it’s the norm to use anime characters for profit nowadays

[sagovana]

There are so many anime t-shirts online, why are they not shut down?

[xxguardianrealmxx]

What if you do a line-art of the character, and it doesn’t look exactly the same

[kenidt]

I was going to use an Anime girl in my new vaporwave shirt however since I saw this video I am going to just get a design off of Fiverr instead.

[jaden]

So I’ve been seeing a LOT of T-shirt’s with pages from mangas on them. Did they get permission or did they just redraw everything?

[susaneckersley]

there is a way around it if you search for public domain all have commercial licence which means ur free to do what ever u want with them all public domain can be even claimed by you and branded as ur own
and tweek them
there is also software thts lets u design ur own

[Wanderandhike]

what if they are hand drawn? Like not an exact replica but your own take on the character in their own way

[midnightstudios]

I want to start an Etsy shop creating paintings of anime characters on glass and framing them with led’s so they light up, would that be okay I do the painting and design myself first on my iPad and then print it out and trace it

[williamk]

How about when dropshipping products that are t-shirts with anime characters on them?

[YoungMantv]

I see a lot of people make stickers based on anime and then sell them based on popular anime. I'm sure its not legal but how are they getting away with it are they just risking it?

[mistercutright]

Question. How do sites like Teefury and Ript and Teepublic avoid these lawsuits or copyright infringements when their sites are full with shirts that copy character from anime to 90's cartoons

[gloomshrm]

How would I go about asking them if I could use their designs?

[otakumultifandom]

So basically most if not all the anime merch we see online like Instagram stores are not legal this is sad cause I want to make anime merch for sale so bad but I don't wanna get in trouble for it

[thomasfielding]

then how the hell do so many brands use anime on there shirts?

[kratoskrib]

Hi, I have a question. I was thinking of starting an anime merchandise business. I was inspired to do so because I purchased a hoodie with an attack on Titan design on it. They sell on shopify, also I assume their art is their own since I couldn’t find that design anywhere on the web. So is it illegal to sell merchandise with stolen art and legal to sell it with personalized art? Or is it illegal either way since it’s based on an anime.

[aniketkumarsingh]

But in india people are selling on their websites print on demand anime characters for a very long time and nothing happened to them, in fact they are making lots of money

[stefromlc]

Please could you make a video covering FREE ways to promote T Shirts?
I use IG and FaceBook but am struggling to find potential customers without a budget
-Ste

[Crunk]

I draw characters from different mangas on clothes. They are all handmade, but look exactly like the originals. Is that illegal then?

[brendaasbury]

(I'm not a seller), but I am kind of curious... |let's say I make a drawing of Naruto, can I put it on a shirt and sell it legally?| What about anime/manga doujins?

[milashansen]

So is it legal for me to just like draw a picture of some anime caracther and Then put The image i drew on a tshirt