Terms of use:
BlackCatsMedia reserves the right to modify the Terms of Use for this shop at any time without giving you prior notice. Your use of our shop after any such modifications is your agreement to follow the Terms of Use as modified.
1. NON-PROFIT/PERSONAL USE
You can use our graphics on any personal or non-profit project with no credit as long as NO MONEY is made.
If you share your personal/non-profit project (ex: as a giveaway or freebie) on your personal/non-profit site, blog or social media all BlackCatsMedia artwork must be flattened, uneditable and unextractable. We require graphic credit be given to BlackCatsMedia design including a url that links back to (https://www.etsy.com/shop/BlackCatsMedia) within the description and on the same page as the item.
2. COMMERCIAL USAGE
If you wish to use our graphics to create a commercial product to SELL, you can purchase with the option A or B below:
A- COMMERCIAL CREDIT REQUIRED
Our artwork packs come with small commercial use(1000 copies sold or less) however to use our artwork commercially we require graphic credit be given to BlackCatsMedia design including a url that links back to ( https://www.etsy.com/shop/BlackCatsMedia ). The link should be placed on the same page as the product that is being sold or displayed. So you purchase the clipart or paper pack normally without an extra license and you credit us.
EXAMPLE OF A GRAPHIC CREDIT
graphics by BlackCatsMedia , © BlackCatsMedia , pattern by BlackCatsMedia Design or clipart by BlackCatsMedia Design, artwork by BlackCatsMedia
B- COMMERCIAL NO CREDIT REQUIRED:
If you want to use our artwork commercially(1000 copies sold or less) and simply do not wish to put our name or link anywhere then you have the option to purchase our NO credit license. The NO credit license gives you the right to use our products but keep it a secret.There is an extra fee for this license ($20 USD for each individual SET). So you need to purchase our clipart or paper pack as well as a no credit license for $20 USD:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/157422609/extended-commercial-licence-for-cliparts?ref=shop_home_active_4
QUANTITIES/MASS PRODUCTION
The commercial use and NO CREDIT license is NOT a mass production license, it allows for up to a maximum of 1000 copies sold, for quantities exceeding 1000 you need an EXTENDED OR MASS PRODUCTION license, please contact us by convo.
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WHAT ARE YOU ALLOWED TO DO
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DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKERS
You can use all our graphics for your personal projects. You CANNOT sell any of our artwork in a commercial Scrapbook kit of any kind even it is altered. This includes but is not limited to clipart packs, paper packs, and image collections.
EMBROIDERY DIGITIZERS
You can use our products personally or commercially as long as the file is a digital embroidery file. You may not include any of our original files in your download.
DIGITAL PRODUCT DESIGNERS
You can use our artwork personally or commercially to create digital printable files. Files must be flattened and enough of your own design must be added to make it a unique design. SIMPLE COLLAGE SHEETS are not ALLOWED. Files must be sold as flattened JPEG or PDF files. Do not sell our artwork layered or on white backgrounds as printables. All other digital creations are allowed as long as graphics are flattened and enough of your design is added to make it a new original design. You can only sell digital creations for PERSONAL USE.
PRINTED PRODUCT DESIGNERS
You can use our cliparts for personal or commercial use. You can print pretty much anything you can think of but it must not exceed 1000 copies sold, for more than 1000 copies sold you must contact us for a MASS PRODUCTION LICENSE. You can also create PRINTED products at Zazzle, Cafe Press, Etsy or in your own store. Fabric designers see below.
FABRIC DESIGNERS
You can print up to 200 yards and you must purchase our NO CREDIT LICENSE for every set purchased. For quantities exceeding 200 yards you need a MASS PRODUCTION license, please contact us by convo.
RIBBON DESIGNERS
You can print up to 200 yards and you must purchase our NO CREDIT LICENSE for every set purchased or credit us in your listing. For quantities exceeding 200 yards you need a MASS PRODUCTION license, please contact us by convo.
LOGO AND WEB DESIGNERS
You can use our cliparts for personal or commercial use, to create logo and web designs to sell. For logo design use the cliparts as part of the design not as is. You may not sell graphics as a LOGO unless they are considerably altered. For Website/ Blog templates, banners, headers, footers, buttons, store fronts please make sure the files are flattened at 72 dpi and cannot be extracted.
MOBILE APPS
You can use our cliparts for personal or commercial use, you must credit us with a link or purchase our NO CREDIT LICENSE (see 2A above). You must ensure that our artwork is not extractable. Both the standard and NO CREDIT LICENSE come with a maximum of 1000 downloads of your App. For quantities exceeding 1000 downloads you need an EXTENDED OR MASS PRODUCTION license, please contact us by convo.
CUTTING FILE DESIGNERS
You can use our cliparts to create LAYERED CUTTING FILES only that requires assembly after cutting. Clipart cannot be simply converted to SVG or other cutting formats and sold as cutting files. Jpeg, AI, EPS, SVG, and PNG format files cannot be shared.
TEACHERS, EDUCATORS
You can use our products personally or commercially (TPT). We require graphic credit to BlackCatsMedia design as with a clickable link to (https://www.etsy.com/shop/BlackCatsMedia ) inside your PDF document or wherever you display or sell the file. The files must be flattened, uneditable and unextractable. You cannot share our original graphics for free. If you do not wish to credit us commercially see COMMERCIAL NO CREDIT REQUIRED above.
***IMPORTANT: if you do not purchase the no credit license and use our products commercially then you should be linking back to our store see Commercial use above.
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NOT ALLOWED:
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Third party sale or wholesale.
You cannot sell our graphics as is and claim as your own.
You cannot sell, trade, share or give away for free our designs as is or altered including but not limited to clipart packs, digital paper packs, scrapbook kits or as a part of image collections.
You cannot share our graphic files for free even if it is personal use.
You cannot use our graphics to create products and sell on a competitor website. For example do not create scrapbooking kits, templates, clipart packs or paper packs and sell on a digital download boutique/store who is a direct competitor of BlackCatsMedia design.
All BlackCatsMedia products are copyright BlackCatsMedia and cannot be claimed as your own.
Please email send us a convo if you have any questions or would like to report a violation of our Terms of Use.
