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Thaldir

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Hello!

I have a poll going on my professional Facebook page: www.facebook.com/pages/The-Art…

I'm asking fans of my works and of ASOIAF. which character among those listed should I paint as an extra-limited edition print for the European Championship?

One random-chosen commenter will win a print, otherwise this piece will ONLY be available at Castle Stahleck (print run will be 20 +1, the extra 'commenter' print will be marked with one letter instead than one number).
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So, FFG's Art Supervisor asked the company's legal department about the ASOIAF's rights problem...

It appears that HBO has rights to ALL ASOIAF merchandising, series-related or not.

FFG's products are protected, but even though FFG has a pre-existing license, owns the game art and has granted its artists the right to sell prints of that art, if we do so mentioning the specific intellectual property in any way in title or blurb (including character names) we are in breach of HBO's rights.

Honestly it feels like a piece of the theatre of the absurd, I'm posting here as an update to the people that read my first post and to spread the word among the collegues working on the game.
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What the...

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If you have been looking for my 'Game of Thrones' prints on Zazzle this last couple of days I'm awfully sorry: Zazzle emailed me that those products didn't comply with the site policy and would be removed. I answered that they were official art for the card game, that my contract granted me the right to sell prints and that those images had no relation whatsoever with the HBO series.

Today they answered that my prints ' infringed upon Home Box Office (HBO) intellectual property rights of Game of Thrones television series.' and that 'Zazzle has previously been contacted by legal department of HBO, and at their request, to remove designs which infringe upon their rights from the Zazzle marketplace.', but that they'll be OK if  'They (HBO) send documentation stating that your designs are suitable for production and sale here at Zazzle.com'.

As if.

In short the owners of the license for the TV series are putting out a blanket ban on ASOIAF-related images in internet marketplaces unless they say otherwise, no matter what. It will be interesting to hear FFG's opinion on this.
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New Shop Open

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Since a couple of days I've been working on a Zazzle shop, now the last wrinkles have been ironed out  and it's time for the virtual grand opening.

Here it is, new products and designs will be added daily:

www.zazzle.com/thaldir*

This is referred to the U.S. Zazzle store, but most items will be available from each of the different international stores, here is the  U.K. one:

www.zazzle.co.uk/thaldir*

The Canadian:

www.zazzle.ca/thaldir*

And the Japanese:

www.zazzle.co.jp/thaldir*

ALL my items are tagged 'thaldir' for ease of search.

Signal boosting is appreciated, feel free to comment about what you like, what you don't and what you'd like to see next, both as images and products.

Thanks for reading! :)
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Fan Art...?

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Browsing through my feedback messages I saw that, not rarely, pieces of mine get added to 'so-and-so fanart' collections.

Do not misunderstand me, please, I'm always glad when someone likes my works enough to fave them or put them in a collection, I feel I'm being paid a compliment. That said, though, allow me to comment on the specific choice.

I have no problems at all with my works being in a 'Fanart' collection, if that is the only collection you have related to that specific Intellectual Property( I am definitely not so full of myself to want anyone to create a folder specifically for my works ). What I have a small problem with is when my works get put in a 'fanart' folder because the Deviant that does so is convinced that that illustration of mine is fanart (and also when I see my illos in 'photomanipulation' collections, but that is a different topic).

Bear with me, please: there is nothing wrong with fanart at all, as long as:

A) It is done for practice

B) It is done for one's private enjoyement, as such no commissions and no prints/merchandise.

But, as many of you know, I do offer prints of some of the lines I work with, namely 'A Game of Thrones' and 'Call of Cthulhu'.

ALL those images (as well as my 'Lord of the Rings' ones apart for 'The Unespected Stroke') are official game art commissioned by the license holder of the different games (A Game of Thrones LCG, Call of Cthulhu LCG, Lord of the Rings LCG), that is the reason why all the images bear the company's copyright line.

The prints I offer (on my site, I like to have quality control and print them myself) are only those I am authorized to sell by contract AND that is also the reason why I'll never have other kinds of merchandise up for sale (my contract with FFG doesn't allow anything different from prints).  

Thanks for reading, allowing me to make this point clear. :)
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