@clarry100 wrote:
Her listings are all present loud & clear on ebay too including the Octanauts one.
So even ebay have not given her any grief in selling these items.
None of the selling platforms, like eBay, are likely to do or say anything, unless and until the rights holder files a complaint, because the venues don't ask for verification of licensed products, and wouldn't know who has or hasn't got a license to sell those kind of items.
They tends to respond and take action immediately if they receive a complaint from the rights holder, though. The seller you mention sounds dangerous, IMHO, specifically saying things like "you don't need a license" is bad form when people could be taking her business as an example (obviously no one should, but a lot of newer sellers would probably think she knows what she's talking about). Dangerous to herself, too - there's no way I'd ever build a business on someone else's foundation - imagine doing that for years, building it to such a success that it's your sole source of income etc, and then one day not only does your business get instantly shut down for good, but you owe a significant chunk of money you no longer have to other people.
You migh actually be quite surprised by the kinds of things you can and can't sell without risking ramefications, and how even celebrities are trying to cash in on things (in conjunction with preventing others from making a profit on it). Beyonce didn't like people selling items with 'feyonce' on them (in place of fiance), and sicced her lawyers onto a lot of E**y sellers, despite many people pointing out she didn't really have proper legal grounds, Katy Perry took similar issue after the whole 'left shark' thing, and I can't remember who it was now, but one singer trademarked a whole bunch of utterly generic phrases after using them in her lyrics (that shouldn't be alllowed. but it seems at least in the US, you can trademark just about anything you want if you have the cash).
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