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I made a Mickey Mouse inspired picture frame for my father as a thank you gift. It turned out a lot better than I thought and it was fairly easy to make. I thought it might be a fun thing to make and sell at a craft booth (we have a bunch around). Since anyone who sees this would think of Mickey Mouse, I don't want to get in trouble with Disney.
Does anyone know how license agreements work? Is it cost prohibitive for something so small as this. Here is a link to a picture. I also have an idea for a Minnie version.
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Yeah, if Disney caught wind of that, they'd put a stop to it pretty quick.
You'd probably be OK selling it at a craft booth, but I'll bet that if you tried selling it on EBay they'd find you and hunt you down.
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First step, make sure it's a parody of the idea of Mikey Mouse itself, and not a satire of some other idea that just uses Mikey as a vessel for the parody.
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The "ah" was more a comment on Disney's licensing practices. They're not much inclined to license anything.
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Disney Consumer Products is responsible for licensing Disney products. So you'd want to start there if you're serious about this. But yeah, it's probably not worth the effort to go through the licensing process for one or two items. I would NOT sell these, but I don't think gifting them would be an issue. Might want to check with an intellectual property lawyer just to make sure.
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