Intellectual Property & Copyright Policy

In plain English. Nearly everything you see in our collection — the artwork, designs, source files, photographs, brand name, and visual identity — is created by us and owned by us, and we also use some third-party tools and assets under license. When you buy a canvas, you get the right to display it in your home, office, or commercial space, share photos of it on social media, and resell the physical canvas itself. You don't get the right to reproduce the artwork commercially, scan it for digital use, train AI models on it, mint it as an NFT, or create derivative works. The full terms below explain what you can and can't do, what we'll do if our work is being misused, and how to reach us if you believe we've infringed yours. Each major section starts with a short summary in italics.

If anything is unclear, email copyright@printsbystudiop.com.

1. What we own

In plain English: We own all the original artwork, designs, source files, photographs of our work, the "Prints by StudioP" brand, and everything visual on the site. We've owned this since the moment it was created — that's how copyright works.

StudioP, LLC (operating as Prints by StudioP) owns or licenses all rights, title, and interest in:

  • Original artwork in the collection — every piece of canvas wall art available on the Site, in every size variant, in every theme, current and future
  • Source files and master images — the high-resolution files used to produce printed canvases, including any digital workings, layered files, color profiles, and proofing files
  • Selected works from the artist's broader body of work — including original paintings, drawings, calligraphy, mixed-media works, and digital works in oil, acrylic, ink, Chinese brush, and other mediums, that have been assigned or licensed to StudioP, LLC for use in the collection or our marketing, consistent with our internal intellectual-property arrangements
  • Photography of our work shown on the Site and in marketing materials
  • Site content — the layout, design, descriptions, copy, color choices, typography choices, and overall visual identity
  • The "Prints by StudioP" brand — the name, logo marks, and visual brand identity
  • Future works — original pieces, collections, and creative output that we add to the Prints by StudioP collection or otherwise use in our business

Copyright protection arises automatically the moment original work is created. Our works are protected under United States copyright law and, by international treaty (the Berne Convention), in Canada and most other countries. We do not waive any rights merely by displaying our work publicly on the Site.

2. What you get when you buy a canvas

In plain English: You're buying a physical object — a canvas, printed and stretched on a wood frame — for your private display. You're not buying the artwork's rights. The artist still owns the artwork; you own the canvas in your home.

When you purchase a canvas from Prints by StudioP, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, perpetual personal-use license to:

  • Display the canvas in your home, office, or other personal or commercial premises
  • Photograph the canvas in your space for personal, non-commercial purposes
  • Share photographs of the canvas in your space on personal social media (see §4 below)
  • Move, transport, or relocate the canvas to a new home or space
  • Resell or transfer the physical canvas itself privately (see §3 below for resale rights under the first sale doctrine)

You do not acquire any of the following:

  • Copyright, trademark, or any other intellectual property rights in the artwork
  • The right to reproduce, copy, or scan the artwork
  • The right to authorize others to reproduce, copy, or use the artwork
  • The right to create derivative works based on the artwork
  • The right to use the artwork commercially in any medium
  • Source files, high-resolution digital images, or any digital version of the artwork
  • The exclusive right to display the design (we may produce more copies of the same design, subject to limited-edition rules in §6)

This is the standard arrangement for purchasing fine art and art prints. It's the same way buying a book gives you the book, but not the right to publish the book.

No license or right is granted by implication, estoppel, or otherwise except as expressly stated in this Policy.

3. Resale of the physical canvas (first sale doctrine)

In plain English: If you ever want to sell or give your canvas to someone else, that's allowed — selling the physical canvas you own is your right. Just don't make additional copies, don't claim it's a new edition, and don't use it commercially.

Under the first sale doctrine (recognized in US and Canadian copyright law), you may lawfully resell, give, or otherwise transfer the physical canvas you purchased without our permission. We don't restrict this and don't want to.

When you resell or transfer:

  • The physical canvas transfers to the new owner
  • The new owner's right to display the physical canvas in their space is provided by applicable law. However, the additional contractual permissions granted in §2 — such as photography for social media, editorial use with attribution, and commercial-space display with attribution — do not automatically transfer to the subsequent buyer
  • You may not make a digital copy or photograph for commercial use as part of the sale
  • You may not represent the canvas as a new edition, a different edition, or as anything other than the original you purchased
  • You may not describe yourself as the artist or assert any IP rights in the artwork
  • Limited-edition pieces remain subject to the original edition size — selling a limited edition does not create a new edition or extend the run

We're happy to authenticate a canvas you purchased from us if a future buyer asks — email us with the order number and a photo, and we'll confirm in writing.

4. What you can do with our artwork

In plain English: Display it. Photograph your room. Share on social media. Tag us. Give it as a gift. Talk about it. Recommend it.

The following uses are expressly permitted with no further permission required:

  • Display the canvas in your home, office, retail space, hospitality venue, or other location, for as long as you own it
  • Photograph the canvas in your space for personal, non-commercial purposes (e.g., snapshots of your living room, listing your home for sale, sharing with friends)
  • Post photographs of the canvas in your space on personal social media accounts (Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, TikTok, X, etc.) — please tag @printsbystudiop so we can see and share
  • Show the canvas in editorial or magazine context (interior design coverage, real estate listings, lifestyle media) with attribution to "Prints by StudioP"
  • Give the canvas as a personal gift
  • Recommend us to friends, designers, and clients

For interior designers and stagers: photographing client spaces in which our canvases appear, for your professional portfolio and trade publications, is permitted with attribution. Use of our canvases in commercial real estate or hospitality photography is permitted where the canvases appear as part of the overall interior and are not the primary subject or used as standalone brand imagery, with attribution to "Prints by StudioP." For broader or campaign-level use (for example, using the artwork as a hero image, key brand element, or in standalone advertising), please contact us at copyright@printsbystudiop.com for a separate license.

If your use feels like it's at the edge between personal and commercial — e.g., a magazine feature, a brand collaboration, a film set — email us at copyright@printsbystudiop.com. We're easy to work with.

5. What you cannot do with our artwork

In plain English: You can't reproduce the design. You can't scan it. You can't use it in a product, an ad, or a service you sell. You can't make a copy of it. You can't turn it into an NFT or use it as AI training data.

Without our prior written permission, you may not:

  • Reproduce, copy, or photograph the artwork or any element of it for commercial purposes
  • Scan, digitize, or otherwise create digital reproductions of the artwork
  • Create derivative works based on or incorporating the artwork — including paintings, prints, illustrations, designs, products, or media derived from it
  • Use the artwork in advertising, branding, or marketing for any product, service, business, or campaign other than ours
  • Sell, license, or distribute the artwork or any reproduction of it
  • Mint the artwork as a non-fungible token (NFT), blockchain asset, or any other digital token
  • Display the artwork on commercial websites for download, resale, redistribution, or licensing
  • Remove, obscure, or alter any signature, trademark, copyright notice, or other proprietary marking
  • Frame the artwork in a way that materially alters the visible work itself — we ask that any framing respect the original composition of the piece (a separate float frame around the canvas is fine)
  • Use our brand name, "Prints by StudioP," logo, or visual identity for purposes other than referring to us as the source of the canvas

Any of the above without our written permission is copyright or trademark infringement and may result in formal legal action.

For customers in Canada: Our artwork is also protected by the artist's moral rights under the Canadian Copyright Act. These rights prevent unauthorized use of the work in association with any product, service, cause, or institution, and protect the work from distortion, mutilation, or other modification prejudicial to the artist's honour or reputation. Canadian moral rights apply to all our canvases regardless of edition size and cannot be transferred by license or assignment; they may, however, be waived in whole or in part in a signed written instrument. The permitted uses described in §4 are intended to respect these rights and not to prejudice the artist's honour or reputation.

6. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data scraping

In plain English: We do not allow our artwork or any part of our site to be used to train AI image generators, large language models, or any other AI or machine learning system. This is not a passive preference — it's an explicit, formal reservation of rights.

We expressly reserve all rights under applicable copyright law, including but not limited to text and data mining rights under EU and UK law where applicable (referenced for forward-compatibility with planned expansion to EU and UK markets in a future phase), with respect to the use of our work for any artificial intelligence or machine learning purpose.

Without our express written permission, the artwork, source files, photographs of our work, descriptions, and any other content on this Site may not be:

  • Used as input, training data, fine-tuning data, or test data for any artificial intelligence, machine learning, generative AI, or large language model system
  • Scraped, crawled, indexed, or otherwise harvested by automated systems for the purpose of training, fine-tuning, or evaluating any AI system
  • Used to generate similar imagery, derivative imagery, or stylistic imitations through generative AI tools
  • Used to create AI-generated descriptions, metadata, or captions intended to substitute for or compete with our work

This reservation applies broadly to all current and future AI and ML systems, regardless of whether they are public, private, commercial, research-oriented, or experimental, subject to any legally recognized exceptions or limitations (such as fair use, fair dealing, or statutory text-and-data-mining exceptions) that may apply in your jurisdiction.

We do not consent to the use of our work in any AI training context. Any such use is unauthorized and inconsistent with the rights granted under this Policy. To the extent such use does not qualify as fair use under applicable law — including where the use reproduces, distributes, or creates derivative works from our protected expression, or where the use substitutes for or competes with our work in the marketplace — such use constitutes copyright infringement. We expressly reserve all rights not granted by law, including the right to pursue claims for infringement where fair use does not apply.

We may implement technical measures (such as robots.txt and ai.txt directives) to signal this reservation; the absence or modification of such directives does not waive any rights expressed in this section.

7. Limited editions

In plain English: When a canvas is sold as "limited edition," we make only a fixed number in that size, ever. Once sold out, that piece in that size is permanently retired. Edition size is per size variant — a 16×20 limited edition and a 24×30 limited edition are tracked separately.

When we offer a piece as a limited edition:

  • The edition size for each size variant is shown on the product page (for example: "Edition of 200, 16×20")
  • Once the edition is sold out, that piece in that size is permanently retired — we don't reissue it, regardless of demand
  • We may offer the same piece in a different size as a separate edition (or as an open edition) — the edition counts are tracked independently per size
  • We may offer a stylistically related but distinct piece in the future — that does not count as a reissue of a sold-out edition
  • Limited editions remain subject to the same license terms in §2 and the same prohibited uses in §5 — the "limited" status is about scarcity, not about expanded buyer rights

Limited-edition canvases are not currently individually signed and numbered by the artist. We do not currently issue physical or digital certificates of authenticity with limited-edition purchases. We may introduce signing, numbering, and certificates in the future — when we do, this Policy will be updated.

8. Custom and commissioned work

In plain English: We sometimes accept commissions for custom canvases. Unless we've signed a separate agreement with you, the artist keeps all the rights to the work, and you get the same personal-display license as any other buyer. If you need broader rights — for example, to use the commissioned work in your brand or to reproduce it commercially — we can negotiate that separately, usually at additional cost.

For commissioned and custom work, the default arrangement unless otherwise agreed in writing:

  • The artist (operating through StudioP, LLC) retains all intellectual property rights in the commissioned work — copyright, ownership of source files, and the right to display, reproduce, and otherwise use the work
  • The client receives the same personal-use license described in §2 — the right to display the physical canvas in their personal or business premises, photograph it for personal use, and share on social media with attribution
  • The client does not receive rights to reproduce, license, or use the commissioned work commercially without a separate written agreement
  • The artist may include the commissioned work in their portfolio, retrospective collections, social media, and editorial coverage of the studio's work, with attribution to the client where appropriate
  • The artist may not offer the commissioned work to another client as an unmodified reproduction within a reasonable cool-off period (typically 12 months, unless a commission agreement specifies otherwise); after that, the artist may produce stylistically related but distinct work for others
  • Moral rights survive — even if a client negotiates a copyright transfer as part of a commission agreement, the artist's moral rights (including the right of attribution and integrity under VARA and the Canadian Copyright Act) cannot be transferred and remain with the artist unless expressly waived in a separate signed written instrument

If the client needs broader rights (e.g., commercial use, exclusivity, brand rights, derivative-work rights, full transfer of copyright), these can be negotiated separately as part of the commission agreement, typically at an additional fee proportional to the scope of rights granted.

To start a commission conversation, email support@printsbystudiop.com with details about your project, space, and intended use.

9. Customer photographs, reviews, and other content you submit

In plain English: When you post a photo of your canvas on social media, leave a review on our site, or send us an image, you give us permission to use it in our marketing. You keep ownership of what you post; we just get a license to share it. Full terms are in our Terms of Service §13.

When you submit content to us — reviews, photographs, comments, suggestions, or other content — you grant us the license described in our Terms of Service §13. In summary:

  • You retain ownership of what you submit
  • You grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, display, and adapt your content in our marketing and on our channels
  • You represent that you have all necessary rights and that the content does not infringe any third party's rights
  • We may but are not required to attribute your content to you when we use it

For full terms, see Terms of Service §13.

10. Trademark

In plain English: "Prints by StudioP" is our trade name and trademark. Don't use it for a product or service that isn't ours. Mentioning us by name as a source — including in a review, recommendation, or editorial — is fine.

"Prints by StudioP" is the trade name and trademark of StudioP, LLC, registered as a trade name in the State of Ohio. Our logo, brand marks, and visual identity are also our trademarks, whether or not formally registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

You may not:

  • Use the name "Prints by StudioP," our logo, or any confusingly similar mark in connection with any product, service, business, or content not produced by us
  • Imply sponsorship, endorsement, partnership, or affiliation with us without our written permission
  • Register, attempt to register, or claim ownership of any domain name, social media handle, or trademark that is confusingly similar to "Prints by StudioP"

You may:

  • Refer to us by name in editorial, journalistic, comparative, recommendation, or review contexts (for example, "I bought my new abstract from Prints by StudioP")
  • Link to our site from your own without permission
  • Tag us on social media

If you would like to use our brand assets formally — for press, partnerships, or media coverage — email copyright@printsbystudiop.com and we'll send a brand-use kit.

11. If you believe we've infringed your work (DMCA / Copyright Takedown)

In plain English: If you think any image, text, or content on our site infringes a copyright you own, please send us a formal notice with the details. We respond promptly and follow the standard procedures under US and Canadian copyright law.

If you are a copyright owner or authorized agent and you believe content on the Site infringes your copyright, please send a written notice to our designated agent at:

Designated Copyright Agent StudioP, LLC 3296 Westerville Rd, Columbus, OH 43224 Email: copyright@printsbystudiop.com

Your notice must include the information required by the DMCA:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or authorized agent
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed
  3. Identification of the material on our Site that you believe is infringing — including the URL or specific location — sufficient for us to locate it
  4. Your contact information (address, phone number, email)
  5. A statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law
  6. A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf

We will respond to properly submitted notices within a reasonable time — in most cases within 5–10 business days, though complex matters or high-volume periods may take longer. Where appropriate, we will remove or disable access to the material identified.

If we receive a counter-notice from the user who posted the material, we will follow the DMCA counter-notice procedures, which may include restoring the material after the statutory waiting period (typically 10–14 business days) unless the original complainant has filed a court action.

For Canadian copyright owners: While Canada's copyright framework operates under a notice-and-notice regime (Canada's Copyright Modernization Act) rather than notice-and-takedown, we will voluntarily remove clearly infringing content regardless of jurisdiction.

Repeat infringers — accounts found to be repeatedly infringing the copyrights of others may be terminated under our Terms of Service §22.

(We intend to register our designated agent with the United States Copyright Office as required by the DMCA and will update this Policy when registration is complete.)

12. If you believe someone else has infringed our work

In plain English: If you spot someone using our artwork without permission — selling our designs, printing them on products, using them in ads, or anything similar — please tell us. We pursue infringement of our work seriously.

We're grateful when customers and supporters tell us about infringement. If you've seen our artwork being used without our permission — on a website, in a product, in advertising, on social media, or anywhere else — please email copyright@printsbystudiop.com with:

  • A description of where you saw the infringement (URL, social media link, store, location)
  • Screenshots or photos if you have them
  • Anything else that might help us assess and act

We take copyright and trademark infringement seriously and pursue enforcement to the extent practicable. We typically:

  1. Send a formal cease-and-desist or DMCA notice to the infringer or to the platform hosting the content
  2. Document the infringement
  3. Pursue removal, settlement, or, where appropriate, formal legal action

You don't need to send anything formal — even a quick email is helpful.

13. Updates to this policy

In plain English: We may update this policy. Material changes get 30 days' notice; non-material changes (typo fixes, clarifications) take effect immediately.

We may modify this Policy from time to time. Material changes (e.g., new restrictions on customer use, new prohibited uses, new license scope) take effect 30 days after posting to the Site. Non-material changes (clarifications, formatting, typo fixes) take effect immediately.

The "Last updated" date at the bottom of this Policy reflects the most recent change.

If you disagree with a modification, your remedy is to stop using the Site. Modifications do not affect your rights with respect to canvases purchased before the modification took effect.

Any dispute arising under this Policy is governed by the terms of our Terms of Service, including the governing law, arbitration, and dispute resolution provisions.

14. Contact

For all matters related to this Policy — including license inquiries, commission requests, infringement notices (in either direction), and brand-use requests:

StudioP, LLC d/b/a Prints by StudioP 3296 Westerville Rd, Columbus, OH 43224 copyright@printsbystudiop.com

For general customer service: support@printsbystudiop.com For privacy-related matters: privacy@printsbystudiop.com

We aim to respond to copyright and IP inquiries within 5–10 business days for formal notices, and 1–2 business days for general questions, though actual response times may vary.

This Intellectual Property & Copyright Policy is part of StudioP, LLC d/b/a Prints by StudioP's customer agreement. It works alongside our Terms of Service, Shipping & Delivery Policy, Return & Refund Policy, and Privacy Policy. In case of any conflict between this Policy and the Terms of Service §12 (Intellectual Property), this Policy governs.

Last updated: 2026-05-15