Trademark

The 'Paint The Town Proud' project by Creative Start holds a trademark on the reproduction of all the murals in all formats and mediums and their use on any merchandise

Through this trademark we will only give reproduction rights to work that we have approved. And we will only ever give approval to community groups or charities that we are working on collaboration with. We will never give permission to individuals or organisations who are making profit for themselves and are not collaborating with Creative Start.

In the case that the work is the work of one artist the artist still maintains copyright on their work but will also be protected under the ‘Paint the Town Proud’ through their trademark.

You cannot use a street art mural in any commercial way (e.g., selling merchandise with it) without the artist's permission. In the case of the 'Paint The Town Proud' project, all artists have given contractual permission to use the final artwork and murals to promote the project further including creating merchandise, prints and photographs.

If you would like to create work based on or around the murals contact us to discuss this further as we are happy to collaborate where it benefits local good causes and the community.

Any photos used on a third party website must be credited to Paint the Town Proud clearly on your website and a link given to our website. Permission must be sort from Creative Start before adding any photos of the Paint the Town Proud project to your website.

We do not approve of any of our images or murals being used as part of funding bids or to gain financial benefits for third party companies and organisations.

Copyright Information regarding Street Art

• You cannot use a street art mural in any commercial way (e.g., selling merchandise with it) without the artist's permission. In the case of the 'Paint The Town Proud' project, all artists have given contractual permission to use the final artwork and murals to promote the project further including creating merchandise, prints and photographs.
   
• If you take a photograph of street art, you own the copyright to that photograph, not the artist of the mural. 
  
  
• The fact that street art is displayed in a public space does not mean the artist waives their copyright.
  
  
• The artist automatically owns the copyright to their work, meaning they have the exclusive right to copy, distribute, and adapt it.
  
  
• The copyright to street art, like any other artistic work, belongs to the artist who created it, not the owner of the wall or property where it's displayed.