Clack Merchandis

[evolyn]

Hiiiii Geekhackers
Sooo i was thinking long time about this , i love cc like most of u guys and i would love to have some Merchandis from him.
Ithought about 2things.
1first one would be tshirts : Like Good Quality ones and with Themes.
Like Mr.friday shirts and then he can sign the shirts personal or put sign or on it,u could make them rare or more often or only for those people who got that clacks.
Ihope u understand the idea sorry about my ****ty english.
2nd Idea was Phone cases. Like soft cases from cloth , like the clothbags he delivers the cc with and the cool comics or death animal skulls he but on.
That would be F awesome.

I hope 1-2 people would like my idea and push it. If u have other ideas for CC Merchandis Just post it !!!

KIND regards Evolyn

[Turbo Slaab]

It's a cool idea, but I think you would have to have CC's permission for this.

[evolyn]

It's a cool idea, but I think you would have to have CC's permission for this.

idont wanna do this^^
Iwant clack to do this , because its his clacks its just an idea of a fan

[noisyturtle]

I PM'd him last year about using the skull design on a 1-off t-shirt and never heard back. I assume that's a no. If I had no respect for the guy I would've printed one up anyway, but I couldn't without his blessing. I'm sure it would've been cursed.

[rowdy]

He gets a bit upset, quite understandably, if someone uses his designs on their own artwork without permission.

Best thing is to PM him around the time of a Clack sale - he tends to loiter around the board a bit more then.

Outside those times I guess he is too busy mentoring his army of gnomes to worry about forums.

[Turbo Slaab]

CC is like Santa, he's ALWAYS watching.

[eth0s]

So you want:

1.  A Mr. Friday T-shirt?

2.  A canvas bag iphone case with a drawing of a human skull or animal skull on it?

Well the T-shirt seems easily doable.  But, I think someone would have to make the t-shirts and work out a license and royalty agreement with CC for his copyright on the Mr. Friday graphic design.  If CC even would consider granting a license that is.  He doesn't seem to be motivated by money, so I don't know what incentive you could give him to do this.

The canvas bag iphone case seems more difficult.  I'm not even sure what you want.  Like just a pouch?  Or like a protective case?

[rowdy]

CC is like Santa, he's ALWAYS watching.

You make him sound a bit creepy

Which he isn't

[Tym]

I see what you mean; you want him to make it. I'd say you would struggle, as he very rarely responds to PM's outside of CC hunting season. Also for anyone planning on doing it themselves;

Hi everyone,

Thank you all for your interest in my keys and the support and motivation you provide in that interest.
In my artistic expression and related pursuits I am continually confronted in life with what the following quote summarizes.

"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"  -Charles Caleb Colton

Well, sometimes it is and sometimes it's not. To say it's variable and yet clearly defined would be confusing if not true. So I think it best to
help with simple clarification for those unfamiliar with my copyrighted works. If you need to get into the fine specifics of imitation, copying, and derivative works and how they "might" differ then I suggest you take a studied look into why you are having to tow that line so carefully. Seriously, think about, don't fool yourself, because no on else is.


First up, there is the issue of my artwork existing in multiple forms by my hand. Clearly my work exists in multiple three dimensional forms and for those who may not know my work also exists in multiple two dimensional forms as well, including photography. There are illustrative works that exist from concepts to finished artwork in various media.

I also work very diligently to keep my work (and representation thereof) at a high standard. This in part helps to avoid confusion, saturation, and devaluation of the work I have tried tirelessly to create and build up over the years (no easy task that any artist can attest to). It is very easy to ride someone else hard earned wave because they are already doing all the hard work for you. This is why copying exists, it's easy. Many people mistake the ease or difficulty of making a physical copy as the be all and end all of the work. This is however not the case, the infrastructure and public appearance is often just as comprehensive, intense, and creative if not more so than the work itself.

Secondly the issue of donations and special requests is also something I hear about quite often. I have done numerous contributions to people who have represented some sort of heart felt story. Why, well... because I'm human. When it comes to this community sometimes since I feel such a strong connection to you guys I let stuff slide or overindulge a good bit more than I should. I often get the family emergency, pet emergency, scholastic emergency, automotive emergency, GF emergency, employment emergency, big fan emergency? (lol), and "threat" emergency (if you don't do ... I will do ..., type stuff). I get this multiple times a week (on a slow week). As one could imagine this gets a bit difficult to deal with and does contribute to general delays in my work. On top of that I would say about 1/3 seem to be a bit disingenuous and I feel I got burned/suckered. The other two thirds make me feel warm and fuzzy inside but somtimes also like a sucker. "Why is that", you might ask? Well, not for the reason you might think. It's due to the fact that the "secondhand" market is substantial for some of the work I have created. When you add in the freebies, donations, and what people sell for profit, that seems to amount to more than what I make from them!!! You could say I'm a crummy business man and/or you could say that I'm just extremely flattered that people are this interested in my work.

And just to put a point on things I see around here in different posts and threads I will offer this here semi-crude analogy-
If you saw somebody go to Toys "R" Us, buy up all or some of a specific toy, then sell it right outside for more, how would you feel about that?
Now, lets say "YOU" were a mom and pop store, artist on the street, gallery, etc... and you see the same thing happen to you... think about it.
I exist on this site, I am a community member here.


For the TL;DR crowd (well sorta)-
I generally do not authorize the copying of my work, especially if you asked me after the fact. My work is indeed copyrighted (duh).
I get heart felt stories all the time as well as favors asked, I indulge some of the time, sometimes to my detriment.
Copying does far more damage than many of you think, (laws exist because of just that fact).
I work exceptionally hard to keep my work and representation thereof to the highest standards that I can.

And last but not least, (and I should capitalize this whole sentence but it would be too garish)-
Why do some of you act as if I'm not a community member here and sitting four inches away?

Thank you for reading, understanding my view(s), and respecting my legal rights.

-cc   =)

[noisyturtle]

I think CC is pretty accessible. He's only human, and probably 9/10 PM's he gets are people complaining that they didn't get in on the last sale, begging for a hook up or hand out, or looking for a 'golden ticket.' No one would relish sifting through all that, and he does though. I'm sure he reads each and every PM he gets, but you'd be crazy to believe he's gonna respond to them all. CC does like discussing cap making and his craft and will do so with gusto given the chance, it's just that in the last year or so he's been put into a celebrity status on this forum. He should use an unknown puppet account (if he already doesn't.)