Artwork & Rights Policy

Etchly makes products from the artwork and text you provide. This policy explains what you can and can't use, how proof of rights works, and how rights holders can report a problem. It is part of the Etchly Terms of Service.

1. Your responsibility

• Use only artwork, backgrounds and words that you created, own, or have permission to use on products you sell.
• When you publish a product, you confirm that you have those rights.
• Etchly may review content and may ask you for proof of rights. Any review we do is not legal clearance: you remain responsible for your designs.

2. What you can use

• Artwork you made yourself.
• Your own business name, brand and trademarks.
• Artwork you've licensed for use on products for sale. Personal-use or editorial-only licenses don't count.
• Public-domain works, if they really are in the public domain where you sell.
• Etchly's built-in fonts and backgrounds.

3. What you can't use

Don't upload, or sell through Etchly, anything that includes:

• Other people's intellectual property without permission: characters, artwork, photos, brand names and marks, sports team and league marks, slogans, or designs that imitate them.
• Famous people's names, faces, likenesses or signatures, without their permission.
• Hate or harassment: content attacking people based on protected characteristics, slurs or hate symbols.
• Violence and extremism: threats, glorifying violence, or support for terrorist or violent extremist groups.
• Sexual content: explicit imagery, or any sexual content involving minors.
• Illegal goods or activity.
• Deception: counterfeit goods, fake official marks, or impersonating a person or business.
• Private information: someone else's personal details without consent.

Parody and fan art are not automatically allowed. If a design uses someone else's character, brand or likeness, you need permission.

4. Proof of rights

If we ask for proof of rights, you'll get a notification in Etchly that names the design and lets you upload a document showing you may use that content on products for sale, such as:

• a written license or merchandise agreement naming your business;
• a trademark registration in your business's name;
• a signed permission letter from the rights holder;
• for artwork you commissioned, the agreement that transfers or licenses it to you.

We review the proof and let you know the outcome. Until then, the affected product can't be published. You can also send us a message if you think a decision is wrong.

5. Our right to refuse or remove

We may refuse to make or publish, unpublish, or cancel unshipped orders for any design that we believe infringes someone's rights, breaks this policy, or is the subject of a valid complaint. If we cancel an order for this reason, anything charged for it goes back to your wallet, and we'll tell you why. Repeated violations can lead to suspension or termination of your account.

6. Reporting infringement (rights holders)

If you believe a product made by Etchly infringes your copyright, trademark or other rights, send us a notice through our contact form and choose the topic "Artwork & rights / copyright notice". Include:

1. your name, company (if any), address, phone and email;
2. a description of the work or mark you own, and registration numbers if you have them;
3. where the product appears: the store web address and product page link, or the order number;
4. a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use isn't authorized by you, your agent or the law;
5. a statement that the information in your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the rights owner or authorized to act for them;
6. your physical or electronic signature.

Copyright notices (DMCA). Notices under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act may be sent to our designated agent through the contact form, by email to copyright@etchly.com, or by mail:

DMCA Agent, Etchly LLC
6370 W Flamingo Rd., Suite 14K36
Las Vegas, NV 89103

When we receive a valid notice, we may stop producing the item, unpublish the product, and notify the merchant, including by sharing the notice with them so they can respond.

Counter-notice (merchants). If you believe content was removed by mistake or misidentification, send a counter-notice the same way, with:

• your name, address, phone and email;
• identification of the removed content;
• a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief it was removed by mistake or misidentification;
• your consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for your district (or, outside the US, any judicial district where Etchly may be found), and acceptance of service from the complainant;
• your signature.

We may restore the content 10 to 14 business days after forwarding the counter-notice, unless the complainant tells us they have filed a court action.

Repeat infringers. We terminate the accounts of merchants who repeatedly infringe.

False claims. Knowingly false notices or counter-notices can create legal liability.

7. Questions

Not sure whether you can use something? Ask before you publish: send us a message.