How do these no name companies get rights to use copyrighted characters?
<p>I see ads for these companies all the time, they seem like tiny companies and all they have going for them is that they make use of major copyrighted characters in their products.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<p><a href="https://lampsity.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://lampsity.com/</a></p>
<p><a href="https://lewdskate.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://lewdskate.com/</a> (NSFW)</p>
<p>Is there some legal loophole these companies are exploiting that allows you to use these characters?  Are they just blatantly violating the law?  Or is getting these rights just simpler than I'm picturing?</p>

<h2>Licencing agreements</h2>
<p>The company producing these has successfully negotiated a licencing agreement with the IP holder to use the IP. These are extremely common.</p>
<h2>Subcontracting</h2>
<p>They have actually been commissioned by the IP holder to make these things for the IP holder e.g. for the IP holder to sell in their own outlets. As part of that agreement, they are also allowed to sell on their own behalf.</p>
<h2>Piracy</h2>
<p>They are breaking the law and hope they will be undetected, not worth prosecuting or operate out of pirate jurisdictions which will not enforce foreign judgements.</p>

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