All responsibility lies with MarppleShop creator, content registrant, regarding any contents or goods sold in MarppleShop.
Therefore, MarppleShop can monitor and suspend the sales of goods that may raise issues of defamation, copyrights/trademark rights/portrait rights violation, or legal/social/ethical problems.
Please be aware of this!
Codes of Ethics
Do not create content that slanders others, aggravates discrimination, stirs social controversy, and violates laws.
Read below for more details.
Contents against public morals such as those involving crime, violence, child abuse, or sexual expression Contents containing antisocial messages Contents likely to arouse social controversy Contents depreciating or discriminating against a person, thing, or animal Contents containing harsh epithets or abusive language Contents encouraging suicide, self-harm, drug abuse, etc. Contents aggravating or likely to aggravate discrimination Contents that may be interpreted as an attack on a certain nationality, religion, culture, or group or arouse displeasure Other contents that violate the laws of South Korea or other countriesCopyrights and Trademark Rights
What are copyrights?
A “work” is a creation that uniquely expresses human ideologies or emotions.
Because copyrights take effect as soon as a work is generated, one may violate copyright laws even though the original creator did not register his or her copyrights.
Also, secondary works using tracing and parody methods may violate copyright laws as they derive from primary works.
MarppleShop imposes sanctions against any content that violates copyright laws as written below.
Contents that violate copyright laws
When you use others’ work (character, photograph, image, font, copywrite, etc.) without permission When you use others’ work or have similar characters, movements, angles, arrangements, or depiction methods to the level that others may consider the work against copyright lawsWhat are trademark rights?
A “trademark” is an emblem used to distinguish your own product from others’.
Emblems may include a symbol, figure, sound, smell, three-dimensional form, hologram/action, and color.
A trademark includes any emblem— regardless of its composition or methods of expression— that shows the product’s origin.
For more details, please refer to the Korean Intellectual Property Office homepage or trademark search site.
For contents that violate trademark rights as written below, MarppleShop imposes sanctions.
Contents that violate trademark rights
When you use others’ registered trademarks or trademarks similar to others’ When you use the name of a domestically well-known person or firm although it’s not a registered trademark (considered an act of unfair competition)Trademark
“Tracing” refers to a method in which you draw by tracing an existing image or photograph. “Parody” refers to a method in which you imitate other works.
MarppleShop restricts the sales of designs that traced images from a famous movie, animation, cartoon, or webtoon.
Please be aware of the contents written below as your goods may be suspended from sales when used for commercial purposes.
Others: contents that use tracing or parody
When you cite an existing content (original content) such as a cartoon, movie, or drama or when your work is associated with the concept of it When you cite an original content or a particular figure’s action or parody it so that your work is associated with the very content or figure (ex. when a particular choreography and lyrics simultaneously appear, when particular movements or buzzwords simultaneously appear, etc.) When you use the original contents using the rotoscoping techniqueBesides such, you cannot sell content considered inappropriate or likely to violate others’ rights. Sales may be suspended even when your goods are on sale, and your shop may be suspended from operation.
Is copyrights registration compulsory?
Copyrights occur for every work as soon as it is generated.
However, you may register copyrights if you want to strengthen legal protection and ensure that you have the copyright of the work.
For more detailed inquiries regarding copyrights, please contact us through the site below.
When your copyright has been violated
My design’s copyright has been violated. What should I do?If the copyright of your design in MarppleShop has been violated, please use our “MarppleShop Report Service”.
I witnessed my design being used in platforms other than MarppleShop.If you find copyright-violated goods or posts on another platform, please inquire about it to the operator or customer center of that platform.
