4mickeyfans
I teach in WDW!
- Joined
- Mar 13, 2003
First and foremost, I must say I'm thrilled to have found this new forum. While I've always thought everyone on the DIS was a dis-loon just like me, this board goes even further and just may be my perfect niche! I have already sworn to myself that once school's out for the summer, I will purchase EVERY program mentioned and start designing! In the meantime, I'll just have to be content "borrowing" the absolutely unbelievably creative designs I've found here. I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ALL DO THIS FOR FREE but I know the feeling of wanting to share when you're proud of a creation.
All that being said, here's the point to my post. I have been asked for years if I'm worried that the "Disney Copyright Police" will discover me and shut me down. I have turned my classroom into WDW and literally, every aspect of my classroom procedures is Disney based (they earn fastpasses for good behavior/ walk the plank and sign my POC binder when they have a conduct infraction...you get the point?!!?)
Anyway, I've always answered that as long as I'm not distorting any of the images and I get my clipart, etc. through legal channels, no harm, no foul. Of course, secretly, I'm praying that some legal rep for Disney traveling through my small town doesn't sniff me out!
So...how do you all feel about this? When you're "dis"igning, are you creating from scratch and then using borrowed clipart? Do the Disney programs mentioned give carte blanche to create without law suit?
Of course, I am only throwing this out there for debate. I really think Disney has bigger fish to fry but we've all heard about their famous law suits so I was just wondering if anyone had any input as to whether or not "dis"igning is legal.
On a final note, I bow to the DDA gods and goddesses and just know, I can only hope to be like you one day - maybe we can compare ideas in adjoining cells!!!
All that being said, here's the point to my post. I have been asked for years if I'm worried that the "Disney Copyright Police" will discover me and shut me down. I have turned my classroom into WDW and literally, every aspect of my classroom procedures is Disney based (they earn fastpasses for good behavior/ walk the plank and sign my POC binder when they have a conduct infraction...you get the point?!!?)
Anyway, I've always answered that as long as I'm not distorting any of the images and I get my clipart, etc. through legal channels, no harm, no foul. Of course, secretly, I'm praying that some legal rep for Disney traveling through my small town doesn't sniff me out!
So...how do you all feel about this? When you're "dis"igning, are you creating from scratch and then using borrowed clipart? Do the Disney programs mentioned give carte blanche to create without law suit?
Of course, I am only throwing this out there for debate. I really think Disney has bigger fish to fry but we've all heard about their famous law suits so I was just wondering if anyone had any input as to whether or not "dis"igning is legal.
On a final note, I bow to the DDA gods and goddesses and just know, I can only hope to be like you one day - maybe we can compare ideas in adjoining cells!!!