BelverBears Graphic Terms

This license also applies to purchases made from BelverBears, Mouse-Drawn.com, Candywrapperbook.com and Wrapfest.com

OPENING OUR CD PACKAGE OR DOWNLOADING OUR GRAPHICS  MEANS THAT YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE.  PLEASE READ THIS LICENSE BEFORE YOU OPEN AND USE OUR GRAPHICS PACKAGE  . 
 
If you're ever unsure about how you can legally use BelverBears artwork or you have some suggestions on how to make this licensing agreement work better for you and for me please write us and ask.
 
We retain all copyrights, trademarks and other rights to our graphics and other works sold to the public.

If you're ever unsure about how you can legally use BelverBears artwork or you have some suggestions on how to make this licensing agreement work better for you and for me please write us and ask.

Videos
Basically, you agree not to distribute, copy, share, duplicate (other than for your own personal use), lend, sell or distribute any of our videos, facsimiles or the like.

 
Is registration necessary?  
Registration is necessary for NON-distributors.  Yes, if you intend to us our graphics in any commercial way (for items you sell) you need to register your copy of the graphics with us.  Registration protects you as well as us.  By having a list of users of our graphics we can legally pursue anyone who is using our graphics without a license.  If you are going to use our graphics on items that you sell please send us your Name, Business Name, mailing adress, Tax ID Number (if you have one) and your website(s) URLs. Please send this information via e-mail to belver@belverbears.us or send it by snail mail (postal service) to BelverBears, c/o Belver Ladson, P.O. Box 570324, Bronx, New York 10457.

What can BelverBears graphics be used for?
Basically, you can use our graphics for any use that is NOT in our " Under this license you ARE NOT permitted to use BelverBears graphics for " category". In more detail BelverBears graphics are made to help people who own small businesses (mostly home based) who need quality images
to use in the creation of hand finished merchandise to sell.  Our intent is to help people reach their business goals. 

BelverBears graphics CAN NOT be used on items that will be mass produced (unless prior permission is given, which will include a separate licensing fee).  It's not meant to be put on items that are sold in retail stores.    If you do want to mass produce an item,  licensing fees are available (per image desired).   Our definition of "mass production" means making items that have not been previously ordered or items that you intend on selling to people/businesses to hold as "stock" in a store or other location. 

Our license is intended for YOU the home business user to use in YOUR business, for orders that have been placed or for products you intend on selling to the public (as opposed to selling them retail establishments).   For instance, you should not, under our license, make 100 t-shirts to sell to Walmart or a business downtown,  but you COULD make 100 shirts that have been ordered from you by the "public" (not a retail establishment)
or make 100 shirts for YOURSELF to sell at a flea market or other sales outlet that you participate in.  Please do not represent yourself as an employee or contractor of BelverBears.  Please do not use the name "BelverBears" in any way as a representative of your business, company or other entity.  BelverBears is a trademarked name owned by Belver Ladson.

To simplify it…if you handcraft a product using our graphics (pursuant to this license) and sell it directly to the public you are ok.

Can people who wrap candy  make 100's or 1000's of candy wrappers and not violate this license agreement?
Yes, we understand the people who make candy wrappers might get orders for hundreds (or even thousands) of wrapped candy (or the candy wrappers alone).  The mass production limitation does not apply to people who wrap candy as long as they are using the images for wrappers that have been ordered (as opposed to just printing up 1000 wrappers to try to sell them to a chain store or bridal shop).

Can paper piecings (for scrapbooking) be made from the files and  not violate this license agreement?
Yes, paper piecings can be made from the files on our CDs.  You may sell your finished product, but you man NOT sell the files or patterns from the CD.  You may not claim that you are the creator of the characters/graphics on our CD and we ask that you give some credit in your advertising that the characters/graphics you are using are "BelverBears" graphics.

 Can BelverBears Distributors use files at their websites to download ?
No, BelverBears distributors can not sell, re-sell, offer or give our wrapper (and other) files to anyone.   They can NOT be used at a website if they are to be downloaded by a customer or anyone else. Our files may be used on a website to show a customer what you are offering.  We would appreciate it if the word "Sample" or some other word was put over the graphic when it is shown to customers.   This not only protects our files,
but protects you. 

 
Can I use BelverBears graphics and templates and offer them to people on my website for download?
Use of our graphics for templates or offers to others as a download is forbidden. You can NOT offer BelverBears graphics, wrappers, templates, etc... in ANY way digitally (through files, on a CD, via download, etc...).  You can NOT use our graphics for any online club or group where people would be downloading files or you would be offering our files to them in any way..  You can NOT offer our graphics for download digitally on items you make IF those items are offered digitally.  For instance, if you make a bookmark with one of our graphics you can sell that bookmark (already made) to a customer, but you can NOT offer the bookmark file as a download to anyone because it contains our graphics.  This guards against people trying to get around our licensing agreement.  

Under this license you ARE NOT permitted to use BelverBears graphics for:
1.    Plates, mass produced items , sculptures, molds, statues, figurines, digitized images which you sell, give away, barter away or offer for download or in ANY digital form, embroidery images which you sell (but you can use the images on handmade clothing that you sell), items sold in retail stores that have not purchased our graphics or a license for our graphics, graphic swaps, on mailing lists or any other form of sharing, shoe
wear, stuffed animals and/or toys or dolls, Use in any other graphics package or in any graphics collection. This INCLUDES any "new" graphics you make by adding some new element, color, item, etc..to our graphic, As part of a "template" or "pattern" you sell, offer, barter or give to others., Use in logos or any other use that would associate the images with any one business other than H.G.U. Inc & BelverBears , T-shirt transfers that
you sell. You can make t-shirts to sell…but NOT sell transfers made using our graphics ,  clothing (other than t-shirts) that are mass produced. As "wallpaper" for e-mails or any other e-mail type artwork. , Lawn ornament or templates to make lawn ornaments, as characters or represented in any books or other written material , storybooks or other "book" type materials, Fabric, metal plates and stamps (and or) stamp materials,
stencils, decals, and patterns of any kind. Any animated cartoon characters.  Our wrapper sets can ONLY be used to make wrappers for items.
 

Can I use BelverBears graphics in newsletters and articles?
You can use our graphics for newsletters and articles. We ask that you notify us of your intent to use our graphics for such purposes and we also ask that you include credit to BelverBears for the graphics and reference to http://www.belverbears.us  

What can I do with the BelverBears files that are on the CD?
The only thing you can do with the BelverBears files that are on your CD is use them for you OWN use.  You can not share the files,  sell the files, give the files as a gift, or give them away (in any form) to anyone else.  You can back up the files on your computer in case your compute crashes and you need to re-install your computer operating system.   You can also make copies of the CD for you OWN personal use.   Copying the CD for ANY other purpose is a violation of this agreement.

What would happen if I violate this agreement?
Some people get a little upset when they're told that if they violate a copyright they will be sued.   After all, it's just a drawing, right?   Wrong.   My copyright with the United States government makes it MANDATORY that I send a warning to anyone who violates this agreement.  Once that warning is ignored I have no other option than to sue the person/business involved.  If I don't I will lose my personal copyright to my artwork.  So when you see someone get a "cease and desist" message or hear about someone being sued for violating a copyright it's not just some "evil big business" suing "the little guy". It's someone doing something they are legally bound to do to protect their own rights.

OUR MAIN GOAL One more thing…..I want my artwork to be used to help people in small businesses who can't find good looking pictures to use.  It's common knowledge that most "royalty free" graphics don't look very good and the quality is far from what is wanted.  I don't want to draw things in an inferior way just so I can call it "royalty free".  I draw to the best of my abilities and use my CD license to make sure the artwork is
protected for you and for me.
 
If you have any questions about this or need further clarification please send me an e-mail…I'd be glad to discuss it with you.
 
I've tried to make this license as encompassing and inclusive as I can, but as I said in the beginning, if you see anything you think could be improved or you think something should be added please let us know.  We're here to help!  You can always contact us at  belver@belverbears.us