I am a fan of a certain sports team. I need a new wallet and the idea of a wallet with their logo is appealing. Problem is they don’t offer it. In fact none of the teams in the league offer a wallet.
The TOS of the website says the images can be used for non-commercial use.
If I took the image of the logo from the site and used it on a single wallet for my use would that fall under non-commercial use?
Absolutely. Now, if you had a third party company do it for you, it would be - because that third party would be benefiting from the deal.
So I can’t use Zazzle or another company that does custom wallets to make one.
if you don’t sell the wallet then you aren’t getting commercial use.
Zazzle and other sites typically will not accept copyrighted or trademarked images for your projects, due licensing rules, etc.
Actually, Zazzle is licensed for some brands.
But there is difference… eg Disney, does not grant license for non-commercial use.
Disney enforces copyright over each and every copy, no matter how non-commercial the use is. (They will say using a single frame from a movie is still making an illegal copy … )
Point is, the league gave license for individuals to make copies for non-commercial use! The OP can feel licensed to commission an artist/printer to produce the artwork for her own use.
It should be all right, but of course Zazzle can refuse to do anything at their own discretion - I can’t make them agree to do it !
Well initially my order was declined then I was able to get a letter from the team saying I had permission to use the image so they approved it the second time.