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Copyrighted shirts
I made two shirts today, one with Steven Universe, and the other with the septic eye and tiny box Tim. Is it ok to wear these in public? The Steven Universe one has there logo and the main characters. The other one has a name on the bottom and a copyright sign. I included there name and the copyright sign with the shirt I made. These shirts are only for me, and I am not selling any of them. If there only for me can I wear them in public without getting in trouble? Thanks! :)
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A copyrighted image belongs to the copyright-holder and no
one else. Pretty much any reproduction and use of the image requires the permission of the copyright-holder.
So what you've done IS copyright infringement. It doesn't matter at al that you left the little copyright sign on it - that doesn't change a thing - you still don't have a licence to use the images.
It also doesn't sound like anything you've done here would fall under fair use. You know the images you took are licensed, and It's not satirical, or educational use.
However, you probably won't get in trouble. People care far more about commercial violations of copyright - people taking their images and trying to make a profit off of them - then a personal, one-time, violation like you are describing. It's also pretty unlikely that the copyright-holders will either become aware of your t-shirts, or bother to pursue a legal case against you.
But, they could, if they wanted too. They image belongs to them, not you, so you are using it at your own risk. What you are doing is a violation of their right as a copyright holders, even though they will probably never know about it, or a give a damn.
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