Disney’s intake form will direct you to DecoPac, the licensed company. Set up an account with them and if you want, say, an image from “Frozen,” you pay for the right to use it. The intake-form links on Disney’s licensing website can steer you to some of the licensees.

Can I sell products with Disney characters?

You cannot legally make and sell any product with Disney lyrics, quotes, or characters on it without permission from The Walt Disney World Company. Additionally, Disney has an email address for anyone that sees your item to turn you in themselves on the Disney website.

How can I use Disney characters legally?

In order to use the characters legally, you must request permission from Disney Enterprises. Multiple corporate entities of Disney own many of the intellectual property rights of Disney characters. To learn more about which Disney entity owns the character you want to use, visit the Disney website.

Which Disney characters are copyright free?

Rapunzel, Snow White, and Cinderella. They are now in the public domain and can be used freely. Of course, you can’t use the Disney’s retelling of the stories. If you are curious, the Brothers Grimm are also responsible for recording many other stories.

What Disney characters are public domain?

Rapunzel, Snow White, Aladdin, Cinderella, Robin Hood, Long John Silver, and Alice from Alice in Wonderland are all public domain characters. However, you can’t depict any of them in a way too similar to Disney’s portrayals and must either find a new way to do so, or cleave closer to the original source material.

Can I sell Mickey Mouse ears?

Mouse ears are a definite yes. There are a vast amount of shops who sell mouse ears, and they are legally allowed to. Disney does not own the rights to mouse ears. What they do own the rights to is Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse.

Can I draw Mickey Mouse and sell it?

You cannot sell your drawings of Disney characters because, by doing so, you would be infringing on The Walt Disney Company’s copyrights and trademarks. These characters are their intellectual property. If you want to sell your Disney artwork, you have to secure a license from them.

Is fan art illegal?

If you are making money from fan art, whether you are selling it or otherwise benefiting financially, this is generally illegal (unless you have permission from the copyright owner, of course).

Is Disney Fan Art legal?

Fan art is absolutely okay to make and share. However, if you are drawing an almost exact replica of a Disney character, you cannot sell your fan art. There are no protections for selling fan art that is a near copy of a Disney character. A third common statement is fair use.

How to get a license to sell Disney characters and products?

The sad truth is that it’s unlikely you’ll get a license to sell Disney characters and products. When you use the intake form on Disney’s licensing website, you click on the category – muralist, costume maker, distributor, etc. – indicating what you want to do. In almost every category, you get the same response: No.

How much does it cost to license a Disney movie?

Licensing costs vary depending on the media, term, and territory rights required for your project. To obtain a quote, please fill out this form. Can I make changes to the clip or still?

Is it legal to use Disney characters on Etsy?

As an Etsy seller it is hard to know what storybook characters are copyrighted and which are not. Added to that is the fear that Disney will come after you hard if you are using one of “their” characters in your designs, titles or tags.

How much does it cost to get a Font License?

For example, Good Type Foundry charges €450 for its flagship Good Sans if page views are below 15,000 per month. The license scales up, reaching €2,600 if the site receives up to one million page views. When using a web font you may be asked to embed some code in a site so that the foundry can count the traffic.