Below are a few things you should know before ordering buttons. (Other important questions are answered on our FAQ.) After going through both pages, if you have any further questions please don't hesitate to email us.
Copyright Policies:
We won't make buttons with copyrighted characters, logos, or images that we can tell you didn't create. If you send us a button with someone else's artwork on it we'll decline the design and offer you our design services. Parodies of pre-existing characters, logos, etc are fine - no worries there. If it's your own artwork, or you have the okay of the original artist, that's okay too!
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Copyright and the Internet: | |
"When visiting a web site, it is so easy to click and save with a mouse button when one sees a graphic image or photo that one likes, or to view the source code and copy part of or all of the HTML coding because one "likes the way this or that was done" or one "wants a similar layout", or to copy original writings because "that person expresses this or that so well". The general (and incorrect) notion is that anything that is on the internet is public domain and may be taken without permission from the creator/owner. Some people actually think (incorrectly) that just because bits of web pages may be stored in one's cache, or because certain browsers allow one to do "file save as" moves or anything similar one may use such material as one wishes. This is false.
Just because your driveway is not inside of your house, is it in the public domain? Does that give anybody off the street the right to stay on your driveway without your permission, even if they can see it from the street, or easily access it? The same basic principle applies to material published on the internet. Material found on the web may be copied freely only if the information is created by the (i) federal government, (ii) if the copyright has expired or (iii) the copyright has been abandoned by the holder. Therefore, "internet" and "public domain" are not synonymous. Any work published on the internet is not automatically placed it in the public domain, unless the material in question complies with one or more of the characteristics mentioned.”
- Excerpt from WhatisCopyright.org |
It's become very common for new button companies to steal all their information, pricing, and coding directly from our website and use it to build their own. Many do not realize that because websites can be printed (and thus made tangible) they are covered under copyright protection. For new companies to steal code and create their own website, they are breaking the law and could easily be taken to court. As it turns out, many of these small companies are not legitimate and will balk at the request to edit their coding. This is a warning to those who could consider stealing our code (we will contact you); and a forwarning to those who may order from these other sites to be wary, as your order may not be completed to the quality you would expect, if at all!
How to Contact Us:
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On AIM:
ModButtons
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Snail Mail:
Poseur Ink
Attn: Mod Buttons
7322 Mesa College Dr. #12
San Diego, CA 92111
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Email:
rachel[at]poseurink[dot]com
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More about the Company and Staff:
Mod Buttons has been around offering custom button services since 2003. Based out of San Diego, we started off with a simple handpress and the want to provide the best quality buttons for local artists and bands at reasonable prices. Withing a few months, we realized the pressing demand - no puns intended! - for custom buttons was larger than a local need. Soon the influx of orders was too large for us to keep up with using our handpress and we graduated to an electric machine that helps us press several thousand buttons a day.
We press buttons for countless independent artists and bands, record companies like SaddleCreek, band merch companies like BandFarm, and networking websites like VampireFreaks. While our client list is large, we do our best to keep our prices small; providing everyone the opportunity to have the highest-quality buttons available.
The official Mod Buttons staff is Rachel Dukes and Mike Lopez of Poseur Ink. Poseur Ink was formed in 2003 as a small press comic book publisher and alternative apparel shop by writer/illustrator Dukes. While primarily selling their products on the web, Poseur Ink also attends several comic book conventions annually and select merchandise is carried in alternative stores across the country.
Fun Time Staff Pictures:
On planes, on couches, and even at parties - we're making buttons for you!
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