Revision as of 13:04, 5 November 2005

	Official
	Fan Art
	Fake
	Infringing
	Strictly Copyrighted
	Unknown

Official Artwork is often hard to tell from lot art or fan art. Sometimes the fan art is made by well known and respected artists and is nicer than the official art. Since everyone has the right to know and there are possible copyright or trademark issues with some non-official prints, we have come up with these icons to designate the status of each print.

The difference between Fan Art and Fake is intent. If it is made with the intent of fooling the consumer or causing harm to the band then we consider it a fake. This a difficult judgement to make, and we usually do not use Fake unless the intent "seems" clear.

Infringing art is a special classification we assign when an authorized authority, like a band, has contacted us verifing that it violates copyrights or trademarks. This means that the sale of it is illegal. It may be fan art or it might have been an unauthorized promoter poster. In any event, buyer beware. Note that there are likely prints that exist on this site that do not have this label. That only means that we have not be told by the authority that it is infringing.

Strictly Copyrighted art is copyrighted art in which the copyright owner is unusually strict over copyrights. For example, if the owner does not allow people to use photo images on eBay or retailers to display images of their merchandise. Let this serve as a warning to potential buyers as they may not be able to resale the art later. Strictly Copyrighted art does not refer to pieces that are forbidden to be reused on other sites. In fact, almost all art falls in that category unless expressly written otherwise.