Triffids T-shirt available

[schillo]

http://www.redbubble.com/people/nostalgicon/t-shirts/2573409-3-the-triffids-1

[glee]

Not sure about that...I may have to get in touch with whoever did that...definitely not official.

[lonesomesquare]

Not sure about that... I may have to get in touch with whoever did that...definitely not official.

And very yellow too!

[Chris Newall]

It is a pretty attractive t-shirt. This may sound provocative but I think it is much better looking than the official one! He does a few other Triffids t-shirts  also and some Blackeyed Susans

[glee]

Yes, but where does he get his artwork from and does he have the necessary rights to use it?

[Chris Newall]

I'm not sure where he obtained the image. I did an image search and couldn't find that image anywhere on the net. Have you seen it before?

Alot of people make up their own T-shirts but I guess they are not trying to sell them commercially. Is he in breach of copyright just for using "The Triffids" name? Would this still apply if he wasn't trying to sell them, just use them for personal use? I have a T-shirt which was made up using a hand bill for "The Triffids Cover Night at the Red Parrot" It looks great. I would like to see more people wearing Triffids gear.

With your upcoming "world tour" are you planning to introduce new merchandising such as T-shirts? It would be a great opportunity to do so.

[glee]

To be honest this is the first time I've seen anyone selling T-shirts with The Triffids on them apart from ourselves and I'm not 100% sure of the legalities but I'm pretty sure some sort of permission needs to be given to use images of us, from the photographer who took the image and from ourselves. If this is not the case then I will begin making and selling Beatles T-shirts tomorrow.
Yes, we will most likely have some wearable merchandise for sale, not sure how we'll go about it though as we have to keep baggage to an absolute minimum. 

[lonesomesquare]

Yes, we will most likely have some wearable merchandise for sale, not sure how we'll go about it though as we have to keep baggage to an absolute minimum.

Jill-sunglasses! Alsy-socks! Rob-watches! Marty-ties! And deluxe Glee-gloves!

[Squidexplosion]

If this is not the case then I will begin making and selling Beatles T-shirts tomorrow.

Oh, what the hell...I'll buy a Beatles shirt.

Actually the photograph should be under copyright as per Australian law...

This site may or may not be a bit helpful in terms of copyright infringement. http://www.copyright.org.au/information/cit014/wp0125
 
"A work is protected automatically from the time it is first written down or recorded in some way, provided it has resulted from its creator’s skill and effort and is not simply copied from another work. For example, as soon as a poem is written, or a song is recorded, it is protected.
Australian copyright works are protected in most other countries, and copyright works from most other countries are protected in Australia."

By looking at the site it seems as though Australian copyright law is pretty similar to the laws that we have in effect in the US.  A photograph as a creative work is just automatically under copyright by the fact that it was created (fixed) and is an original piece.

The only sticking point here is who actually has the rights to that image. If it was photographed by a freelance photographer they would own the image copyright but there could be another party who has rights to license said image. Plus the original owner of the copyright might have transferred it as well. Plus you can have multiple owners, etc. etc. etc.

Eeeesh, hope this helps a bit. My brain hurts now, back to lurking.

-Robin