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After I mentioned someone had stolen and was illegally selling on the internet again my Nike Hercules Nuclear Veteran art design I will never forget what someone who was in her final weeks of life battling cancer asked:

"What kind of scum would do that?"

I do not consider people who engage in the illegal activities of infringing on copyrights

or other intellectual property rights to be Nike Hercules Nuclear Veterans

Why There Are Unauthorized Illegal Copies Or Derivatives Of My Art Design

Patches
I granted permission to buy then sell at cost a small number of patches with my Nike Hercules Nuclear Veteran art design. This permission was invalidated by the grantee by purchasing many more than I authorized, making all the patches unauthorized illegal copies. Illegal derivative patch designs which infringe on my copyrighted art design were made. Others were also involved in these endeavors.

Coins
I granted permission to buy then sell a small number of coins with my Nike Hercules Nuclear Veteran art design. This permission was invalidated by the grantee by purchasing many more than I authorized, making all the coins unauthorized illegal copies. Illegal derivative coin designs which infringe on my copyrighted art design were made. Others were also involved in these endeavors.

Any person I sold patches to with my art design, who subsequently infringed my art design, is no longer authorized to possess nor display my art design in any shape, form, nor fashion.

Below are some of the unauthorized illegal derivatives I have found on the internet over the years and had removed from unauthorized display or attempted sales.


 

How to spot an illegal copy (identical design) or illegal derivative (similar design)

which infringes my Nike Hercules Nuclear Veteran art design

1. If my copyright notice as shown in the examples below was not on a patch with my art design on it, or a similar design on it, when purchased, (Copyright 2002 for patches with black background) it is an illegal copy or illegal derivative.

2. If a patch with my art design on it, or a similar design on it, was purchased after 2002, with the two exceptions sold to an infringer in 2006, it is an illegal copy or an illegal derivative.

3. If a suspect item with my art design on it, or a similar design on it, was not bought from me directly, or my agent Scot Bryan (deceased 2009), through the US Mail, it is an illegal copy or an illegal derivative.

4. Other than the t-shirts I sold online, if a suspect item with my art design on it, or a similar design on it, was bought online on the internet it is an illegal copy or an illegal derivative.

        

I do not consider people who engage in the illegal activities of infringing on copyrights

or other intellectual property rights to be Nike Hercules Nuclear Veterans

        

        

Illegal copies are identical to my art designs

Except they probably do not have my copyright notice attached

The Wall Of Shame

Some Illegal Derivatives (similar designs) Found On The Internet

I own all rights in all illegal derivatives of my art design