Licensing

It’s taken me years (more than a decade!) to develop my artwork and pattern designs to sell. It's frustrating as an artist to work so hard and see someone sharing my creations for free (or even worse, selling them as their own!) While I'm excited to spread the joy of paper snowflakes to anyone who's interested, I also need to protect my copyright and make a living.

To honor this process and protect my creative rights, I offer four types of licensing. If you plan to use the patterns and SVG files for your friends and family or to make gifts, the personal license is just what you need, and it comes included with your purchase. If you would like to use patterns for a community or school event and need to make more than 100 copies of them, please check out the Community Use License. And if you'd like to use the designs to create items that you will sell, you'll need the Commercial Use or Extended Commercial Use license.

I offer four types of licensing for products:

  • Personal Use – Patterns & SVG files:

    • Patterns and SVG files purchased for personal use can be used for projects that are not for sale, or for personal, non-commercial social media accounts.

    • Patterns and SVG files intended for personal use can be printed/used up to 100 times.

    • If you intend to use the files or print the patterns more than 100 times, or plan to use them for events or groups outside of your immediate family, please purchase the “Community or Extended Use” license.

    • All regular sales include a personal use license. Community & Commercial Use Licenses require an additional license purchase.

  • Community Use – Patterns & SVG files:

    • The Community or Extended Use license means that you can use these paper snowflake patterns or SVG files with the intent of printing/using more than 100 times or for events or groups outside of your immediate family. It also includes permission to use the SVG files for nonprofit group social media accounts.

    • You will need a Community Use License for each pattern, pattern bundle, or SVG file pack (Individual patterns count as one item, pattern bundles count as one item, and SVG file packs count as one item. For example, if you purchase the individual Snowman PDF pattern, the Holiday Snowflake Pattern 10-Pack, and the Winter SVG 4-Pack, you would need three Community Use Licenses).

    • This does not include the right to use the files for physical or digital commercial use – meaning you cannot use the files for advertising or to create your own products to sell. If you would like to use SVG files for your digital/physical products, you must purchase a “Commercial Use” license.

  • Commercial Use – SVG files only:

    • If you purchase SVG files with the intent of selling your final product, you must have a Commercial License for each SVG file pack (for example, if you purchase the Christmas .SVG snowflake pack of 4 files, you will need one Commercial License. If you purchase the Christmas 4-pack AND the Winter 4-pack, you will need two Commercial Licenses).

    • The license gives you the permission to use the files for up to 10,000 physical end products for sale or 100,000 digital views, physical/digital advertising for brands owned or managed by the licensee, and social media usage for brands/accounts owned or managed by the licensee.

    • Please note that PDF Paper Snowflake Patterns are NOT available for commercial use of any kind.

  • Extended Commercial Use: If you intend to sell more than 10,000 physical products or have over 100,000 digital views, or use the files for an app or game, please contact us to discuss an Extended Commercial license.

All files remain the exclusive copyright of Paper Snowflake Art.

Personal

The licensed asset can appear in a non-commercial project

Included in License:

  • Projects that are not for sale

  • Personal, non-commercial social media accounts

  • Up to 100 prints/uses

  • Family projects

NOT Included:

  • End products for sale

  • Business/commercial social media accounts

  • Physical or digital advertisements

  • Apps or games

Community Use

The licensed asset can appear in a non-commercial project

Included in License:

  • Projects that are not for sale

  • Personal, non-commercial, or nonprofit social media accounts

  • More than 100 prints/uses

  • Family projects

NOT Included:

  • End products for sale

  • Business/commercial social media accounts

  • Physical or digital advertisements

  • Apps or games

Commercial Use

The licensed asset can appear in up to 10,000 end products for sale or 100,000 digital views

Included in License:

  • Up to 10,000 physical end products for sale or 100,000 digital views

  • Physical/digital advertising for brands owned or managed by the licensees

  • Social media usage for brands/accounts owned or managed by the licensee

NOT Included:

  • PDF Patterns

  • Apps or games

  • Exclusive use of designs

  • Over 10,000 physical products or 100,000 digital views (please contact us to discuss an Enhanced Commercial Use License if you will surpass the physical or digital limitations.)