{"id":208,"title":"Why Teemill has flagged your store for copyright","description":"In rare cases, your store content or product cannot be published as it may contain content that is infringing a registered trademark, copyright or IP or does not meet our terms of use which you agreed to. In this blog you can read more about what you need to to identify and remove the content.","content":"

Your store content or product could not be published as it may contain content that is infringing a registered trademark, copyright or IP or does not meet our terms of use which you agreed to. In this blog you can read more about what you need to to identify and remove the content, do before resubmitting your store for a review.<\/p>

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This blog explains the reasons why our system may have taken this action, answers some questions you may have and provides help on how you can resolve the issue before launching and making a success of your online store.<\/p>

Before we get started, please understand that Teemill is a platform that makes it super easy to start a brand: We really care about startups and want to see you do well. We have put these automated checks in place within our system before you launch so that we can help you catch issues before they become problems. This flag is to help you.<\/p>

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What does this flag mean?<\/h2>

When you sign up to Teemill, you confirm that for any content you upload or display on your store, you have obtained all required copyright \/ trademark \/ IP permissions to display, advertise or recreate the content. You agree at multiple stages, both when initially agreeing to the terms of use, and again explicitly before uploading any design work or images. This is not just for Teemill's own terms, it is based on the law.<\/p>

If your content has been flagged, it means our system has detected that you have uploaded content to our servers that may contain a trademark, be under active copyright, or is in breach of our terms of use.<\/p><\/blockquote>

You cannot proceed with your Teemill store without sorting this out, and repeatedly attempting to circumvent this user agreement may result in deeper consequences than having your account closed: We often witness Trademark infringement laws being enforced aggressively. Our system uses technology to automatically flag stuff so that you have the opportunity to sort it out, as the consequences of breaking IP laws are serious.<\/p>

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What is IP and why does it matter?
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If you're not sure why trademarks or copyrights matter, this video might help you get started learning more about these important laws.<\/p>

If you are unsure which part of your store we may have been flagged, check all of it for IP infringements and remove them all. If you have taken images from websites without permission, used words, logos or brand identities or other similar IP that you do not have permission to use, this clearly is in breach of IP law and our terms of use. The UK IPO website is also super handy and packed with info, and their YouTube<\/a> has loads of helpful explainers.<\/p>

If this gets you far along enough to resolve the issue, awesome! As soon as you have made absolutely sure your store has been built as per the terms of use, and in a way that is not breaking an intellectual property law, you can resubmit your store for review one more time.<\/p>

Please note, as a publisher of content on the net you have the responsibility to make sure the content you are publishing complies with the relevant IP laws and meets our terms of use. We're sorry, but we cannot field individual questions to users who are not Pro customers: If we provided free legal advice to all our customers, it would increase costs to the point where Teemill would no longer be free.<\/p>

If you believe we have got it wrong, please see the following FAQ before contacting us.<\/p>

I am a licensing professional \/ agent and have obtained the license.
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That's cool, if you've got documentary proof (e.g. a licensing agreement) of your rights to use the IP in the trademark category, we're sure you'll appreciate we're diligent. Please send confirmation of use permission to legal@teemill.com and we'll get permissions changed.<\/p>

It's parody \/ I changed it.
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Taking a company or individual's IP and using it, remixed or parodying may still infringe a trademark or IP.<\/p>

I redrew these myself!
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Drawing a copy by hand of someone else's logo, even if you change it a little bit, may still infringe their trademark.<\/p>

Yeah, but I see other people doing it.
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Committing a crime is not OK because other people have committed a crime. People do infringe IP every day. They get caught and prosecuted every day too.<\/p>

But how else am I supposed to make a living?
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Get creative - there are far more original t-shirt designs that have never been thought up than there are ones that have been done before. If you try a little harder, it's actually easier and less hassle to just create your own original artwork.<\/p>

What specific thing do I need to take down so I can get this live?
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You are responsible as the publisher using our services for what you publish, we do not perform checks for you: Check all the content you have uploaded and remove all IP infringing material before resubmitting your store for launch.<\/p>","urlTitle":"flagged-teemill-copyright","url":"\/blog\/flagged-teemill-copyright\/","editListUrl":"\/my-blogs","editUrl":"\/my-blogs\/edit\/flagged-teemill-copyright\/","fullUrl":"https:\/\/teemill.com\/blog\/flagged-teemill-copyright\/","featured":false,"published":true,"showOnSitemap":true,"hidden":true,"visibility":null,"createdAt":1556101925,"updatedAt":1663308046,"publishedAt":1641983263,"lastReadAt":null,"division":{"id":12,"name":"Teemill"},"tags":[{"id":490,"code":"terms","name":"terms","url":"\/blog\/tagged\/terms\/"}],"metaImage":{"original":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/5cc03d0ee61256.53391143.jpg","thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/5cc03d0ee61256.53391143.jpg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/5cc03d0ee61256.53391143.jpg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"metaTitle":"","metaDescription":"Learn why some designs in your online store may be flagged for copyright and what you can do to fix it.","keyPhraseCampaignId":null,"series":[],"similarReads":[{"id":41092,"title":"Integration news: New features and shipping price updates","url":"\/blog\/updates-to-shipping-charges-coming-july-2024\/","urlTitle":"updates-to-shipping-charges-coming-july-2024","division":12,"description":"The price you pay for the shipping of your products through your Teemill integration will be changing.","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/zpla08bn8kviyxiisbdlgmqlt2uryqda5cyyl1o9t2wgmakz.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/zpla08bn8kviyxiisbdlgmqlt2uryqda5cyyl1o9t2wgmakz.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0},{"id":37447,"title":"Sustainable WooCommerce Print-On-Demand Integration: How to set it up","url":"\/blog\/sustainable-woo-commerce-print-on-demand-integration-how-to-set-it-up\/","urlTitle":"sustainable-woo-commerce-print-on-demand-integration-how-to-set-it-up","division":12,"description":"A print-on-demand integration with your WooCommerce store allows you to scale your business and expand the product range you can offer to you audience, with no upfront investment. \n\nWith a print-on-demand model, you design your own custom products and your supplier will only print them when they've been ordered, so there's no waste and no need to produce speculatively without knowing what will sell. Your supplier will pack and ship your orders directly to your customers, leaving you with more time to be creative, innovate and build your brand.","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/ssckrc11l8yhgkd2ryuwyvxxsmyesefke0uwqvlzdn8tsxdu.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855&z=1.1&fx=0.45454545454545&fy=0.54545454545455","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/ssckrc11l8yhgkd2ryuwyvxxsmyesefke0uwqvlzdn8tsxdu.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440&z=1.1&fx=0.45454545454545&fy=0.54545454545455"},"hidden":0},{"id":1301,"title":"Set up your brand for shopping on social media","url":"\/blog\/facebook-instagram-social-media-shopping\/","urlTitle":"facebook-instagram-social-media-shopping","division":12,"description":"Shopping on social media is making a huge impact in online retail, and it's only getting more important. It's the place tomorrow's brands need to win.","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/5da744e134db87.11208009.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/5da744e134db87.11208009.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0}],"labels":{"monitorCheckExcluded":"1"}}