Author Topic: wooden letters with numbers (Read 6022 times)

trabuco · « **on:** July 16, 2019, 09:52 »

Hi.

Do you know if wooden letters with numbers (scrabble type) have copyright? Can I use them to put text on a picture as creative?

ShadySue · « **Reply #1 on:** July 16, 2019, 10:19 »

Actual Scrabble tiles are protected.
Not sure how different yours would need to be if you were making them yourself.

trabuco · « **Reply #2 on:** July 16, 2019, 11:46 »

Thank you Sue.

I've tried one and rejected.

Uncle Pete · « **Reply #3 on:** July 16, 2019, 13:07 »

Quote from: trabuco on July 16, 2019, 11:46

Thank you Sue.

I've tried one and rejected.

What kind of tiles or letters?

Which site?

What did they spell?

What was the rejection reason?

You can't just make a general statement and broad conclusion, without at least some details?

https://www.shutterstock.com/search/tiles+spelling

Thousands of them, also:

trabuco · « **Reply #4 on:** July 16, 2019, 13:17 »

Similar to those ones. Rejected by copyright on SS and IS as creative content.

Uncle Pete · « **Reply #5 on:** July 16, 2019, 13:51 »

Quote from: trabuco on July 16, 2019, 13:17

Similar to those ones. Rejected by copyright on SS and IS as creative content.

Thanks that makes the question easier to understand.

Maybe SS stopped accepting those, there are 63 pages of letters, spelling things, the first pages, if you looked at the link, are block letter or tiles. Some are Editorial, but not all. You can test for yourself, get some different letters, make a similar concept and see what happens? But don't use Scrabble tiles...

They will be acceptable use.