Buyer/Seller Protection for Adoptables (READ)I am making this to clear the air on the common misconception of making rules for adoptables, also to help EVERYONE involved. Recently I have been making a lot of anti-seller journals that make me seem super shady, but I am on both sides.
You are not protected if you have your rules in your adoptables' description, ending with a, "You agree to these terms upon purchase." That is not enough to protect you, especially in court.
Adoptables are known as intellectual properties, or IP for short.
"Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names and images used in commerce. IP is protected in law by, for example, patents, copyright and trademarks, which enable people to earn recognition or financial benefit from what they invent or create."
They have a whole clusterfuck of rules, but most of them are the same for any digital, non-physical item. I
Bought a character or design?update, 09/13/2018: I am not telling anyone to deliberately disobey someones "rules" because they legally can. I am simply saying your rules are not backed anything, you can not legally revoke a design that was bought, and you do not have a say in how much they resell it for. To be honest, I'd suggest not buying from someone asking you not to resell your own character. Avoid the trouble. They're bigots. Annoying and selfish, and are upset you are making a profit they didn't?
update, 10/14/2017: I am still a little disturbed that there are many a people thinking it is rude or disrespectful
to realize a profit down the road, or sell a character you may become disinterested in, after buying it... Never have I ever I feel it's "rude" and "disrespectful" to try and put tethers and shackles on something you are voluntarily selling to another person.
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