# Easiest way to custom print stickers for a customized Monopoly game? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 10, 2020, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easiest-way-to-custom-print-stickers-for-a-customized-monopoly-game/855351 "2020-06-10T08:19:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Didi44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easiest-way-to-custom-print-stickers-for-a-customized-monopoly-game/855351/21 "2020-06-14T01:27:11Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > They aren’t, which is why the policy is, if there’s any doubt, don’t copy/print it. > > Most of what places like OfficeMax print is (or was) things like business presentations and invitations, which are generally original works or use clip art and other public domain images. Not many people go to places like OfficeMax to print out copies of artwork or books, so they’re not likely turning away many customers, certainly not enough to make it worth their while to risk being party to an IP-infringement suit to not turn them away. Getting off topic, but… Correct. Our standard answer was, “We can’t copy it for you, but you may use the self-serve copier.” Some copyrighted educational material states that it’s okay to be copied for educational use. We don’t ask for a teacher’s ID and take it as for teacher’s use. Even then, anything from companies like Disney, who is sue happy, is always a no go unless the teacher had a release, which I’ve never seen. If there’s a copyright or trademark anywhere on the document and we see it, we stop and ask if the person has a signed release. I’ve had customers ask if they didn’t copy the page with page with the notice it would be okay. Nope. Once we see it, we’re required to stop. I’ve had to stop my co-workers that would try to do it, but if I saw or heard the conversation, I’d have to stop the process.I would however point to the self-serve copiers and say, “I can’t stop you if you use those and do it yourself.” I’ve had customers tell me, “Well, the other worker did it for me before.”. Either they lied or my co-workers lied to me because no one ever admitted to copying protected materials without a release. BTW, I was just a Desktop Publisher, not a supervisor or manager, but was held responsible above my co-workers, except the other Desktop Publisher whether a supervisor or manager was there or no. All photos and drawings other than obvious homemade ones are considered copyright protected and we required signed permission to copy them or use them for things like business cards or brochures. If someone asked me to print a blank Monopoly board or card layout, I would do it as it’s generic enough. However, if there was any text, even your own anywhere, I wouldn’t. We didn’t use it when I was working at OfficeMax, but Kinkos has a form that you need to fill out for any copy job. I never bothered to thoroughly read it since I knew the rules long before I worked at Officemax, but I’m sure there’s a clause in the form that asks if the item to be copied is copyright protected. ---
**Author:** ![Didi44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easiest-way-to-custom-print-stickers-for-a-customized-monopoly-game/855351/22 "2020-06-14T02:08:39Z")
To show how far we’d go to protect ourselves, sometimes someone would do a run of 1000’s of pages worth hundreds of dollars ready to be delivered, but during the final check someone notices the copyright notice. Directly to the trash! ---
**Author:** ![Kedikat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easiest-way-to-custom-print-stickers-for-a-customized-monopoly-game/855351/23 "2020-06-14T16:13:19Z")
Maybe to avoid copyright issues with the printer. Leave the center of the board image a blank. Just the squares round the edge that you have customized to be printed. Then trim out the blank center part and glue the edge onto the original board. I recommend spraying some type of clear coat over the paper so it wears well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easiest-way-to-custom-print-stickers-for-a-customized-monopoly-game/855351.md?page=1)