Is It Legal To Sell Coloring Book Pages I Have Colored
Is it legal to buy and sell finished colored pages from adult coloring books? I have purchased several adult coloring books. Several people have told me if you bought the book you are able to do anything with them such as sell the colored pages. How to Obtain Permission To legally sell colored coloring book pages, obtaining permission or a license from the copyright holder is necessary.
This process typically involves identifying and locating the original artist or publisher. Contacting them, often via email or written request, is the initial step to inquire about licensing opportunities. You purchased the book and I'm pretty sure you are allowed to sell it (first sale doctrine).
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I'm guessing you could also tear it apart and sell individual pages. I don't think anything would restrict you from adding color to those pages either. Similar to a used book with phrases underlined.
I don't know anyone who's done this but I'm fairly certain it would be legal as long as the pages are. You can tear the book apart and hang the pages on your wall. You can even sell the individual, colored pages, if your coloring skills are strong enough to create a market value for the finished product.
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What you can't do is assume you can make copies of the pages. Lawyer's Assistant chat Customer: If someone uses a design from a coloring book, and colors it, can they sell it, as long as they are not saying it's made by the company, rather, that it is their work? It seems to me that while the design is the companies, the way its colored is unique to the colored. Q: I color figures from coloring books.
I'd like to sell the final product printed in mugs, tapestry, t-shirts, etc. I opened a Virtual shop where I have published my products. Can I have any legal problems with the coloring book copyrights? You could only sell the original pages from the book and not copies of those pages, though.
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[Note that there is conflicting information out there about the colored pages scenario. The colored pages are joint works, originally created by one author, and then added to by the oerson who colored it in, and as a joint work, you need a license from both authors to make any copies. Also, for a third person (you) to sell someone elses work, you need permission to make copies.
Your best bet, if you were to pursue such, is to contact the coloring book author and/or publisher to get further permission, so to avoid any legal dilemmas. Hope this helps too. So if you can find an old coloring book, you will need to assume (unless you can prove otherwise) that the copyright still exists unless it was published before January 1, 1926.
Of course, if the work is truly in the public domain, then you would be free to copy the pages and color numerous copies of any particular page.
