LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

As a small business, I love when my designs can help other small businesses succeed, which is why I include a generous Limited Commercial Use License in the base price for all designs (free & paid).

So you can start selling products using my designs, and if it turns into one of your big sellers, just purchase the extended commercial license for the product type and scope of your project.

  • You will need to purchase a separate extended license for each product you intend to use commercially over 200 products.

If you already purchased a product and then decide you need an extended commercial license simply purchase the extended license. At checkout, include the name of the design and the SKU# in the Order Note section. Be sure to enter the SKU# and Product Name for the design in the Order Notes. Each design needs a separate extended commercial license.

All licenses are non-exclusive and non-transferrable.

Personal / Blog/Website Use: You may use my designs to create just about any project for personal use or to give away as gifts where no money is received/profit is made, within the following parameters:

  • All “Prohibited Uses” outlined below must be followed.
  • If you use any of my designs in your personal projects, and post your project in an online blog, community forum, contest, etc. source credit with a link back to MichellesGiftStudio.com is GREATLY APPRECIATED!!
  • If you would like to feature any of my designs on your website / blog, you must use the watermarked preview images from my site (included with download file), or a photo of your creation with my design incorporated. You may not post the actual files.

Commercial Licenses:

Limited Commercial Licenses -When the 200 units sold limit is reached, you must purchase an extended commercial license for the number of items you plan to sell for each design/set.

Handmade Products: You may use my designs personally or commercially as part of your handmade items within the following parameters:

  • “Handmade” products using my designs must include a handmade component that you contribute to make a unique product. This may include the use of personal cutting machines intended for home-use, such as the Silhouette Cameo, Cricut Explore, etc., or personal T-shirt screen-printing, heat printing machines and does not include commercial machines intended for mass-production.
  • SVG cutting files and Print & Cut files must be incorporated into a unique handmade item for sale. You may not simply print and cut my designs for sale, or sell assembled paper piecings as a stand-alone product. 

Printed / Physical Products: You may use my designs personally or commercially to create printed and physical items such as stationery, handmade or printed cards, handmade scrapbook layouts (layered paper piecing(s) or print & cut elements combined with other elements and pre-arranged as a scrapbook page layout), invitations, brochures, flyers, party decorations, clothing, accessories, drinkware, home decorations, etc.

Web & Logo Designs: You may use my designs personally or commercially to create logo and web designs within the following parameters:

  • Any of my designs used must be part of your own design/composition. You may not use or sell a graphic “as is” as a logo. Please keep in mind that use of my designs is non-exclusive, and logos created using my designs cannot be trademarked/copyrighted since they include images that are already copyrighted by Michelle’s Gift Studio.
  • Designs by Michelle’s Gift Studio cannot be extractable!

Other Uses: The above are just examples of accepted use. If you are interested in selling a product that is not mentioned here, please contact us with an explanation of what you have in mind, and we will advise if the use is allowed. Michelle’s Gift Studio reserves the right to authorize special uses based on individual situations. Exceptions to the above terms may be allowed only with the express written permission from Michelle’s Gift Studio.

Prohibited Uses

(Applies to all Personal & Commercial Use Licenses)

  • Under NO circumstances may you share, distribute, or sell my original design files or digital cutting files, in part or in whole, in any way. This includes digitally or printed “as is”. Direct download links and files cannot be shared on public or private boards, blogs, websites, etc. – Please direct interested parties to the product page at MichellesGiftStudio.com for download/purchase.
  • Files may not be stored in online albums, cloud storage, or sites with public access
  • You may not modify, repackage or reformat the files to share or resell or claim as your own in any way.
  • You may not claim my designs as your own. All copyrights remain with Michelle’s Gift Studio at all times.
  • You may not use my designs to create commercial products or freebies that compete with or resemble products by Michelle’s Gift Studio in any way. For example, you may not create digital scrapbook elements or kits, digital papers, cutting files, digital stamps, rubber stamps, brushes/tubes, clipart, Photoshop templates, digital collage sheets, digital bottle cap images/sheets, etc.
  • You may not copy, trace or recreate designs by Michelle’s Gift Studio to sell, distribute, or claim as your own.
  • You may not use my designs to create printable templates or blank designs for others to personalize or customize.
  • You may not sell as transfers of any kind (sublimation, iron-on ink jet transfers, etc.), without purchase of a Mass Commercial Use License
  • You may not reformat/digitize my designs as-is to sell as Digital Embroidery Files without purchase of a Mass Commercial Use License.
  • You may not mass produce designs for commercial sale including print-on-demand services such as Zazzle, Café Press, Etsy, and your own website or store, without purchase of a Mass Commercial Use License.
  • You may not use my products to create, promote, or signify anything illegal or obscene in nature, pornographic, racist, or hate related.

Unauthorized Use & License Verification

Unauthorized Use:

It is illegal to reproduce or distribute copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright owner. Accessing the images and text provided with any download does not give you the right to use them without the permission of the copyright owner. All materials on MichellesGiftStudio.com and contained in downloaded files, images, and text, are protected by the United States and International Copyright laws. You may not use the content except as specified above, and in our Terms of Use without written permission from Michelle’s Gift Studio.

License Verification:

Be sure to keep your receipt for possible future license verification! Michelle’s Gift Studio has the right to confirm the purchase of a license by customers at any time. The license for each set follows only one business/user at a time and cannot be transferred to another user.

To ensure my products are being sold under the appropriate license, and are compliant with the above usage terms, and with proper copyright credits, you may receive a friendly email or message from Michelle’s Gift Studio to confirm proof of purchase for the designs used in your products, or to make sure your usage is correct.

Parties who refuse to respond or place correct credits will be notified that they must cease sales or use of products. Failure to provide proof of purchase and a proper license(s) voids any agreements and revokes the license(s). Parties who continue to sell products that use designs by Michelle’s Gift Studio without the appropriate commercial license or proof of purchase will be considered in copyright violation, and legal action may be taken depending on the severity of the violation.

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