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Copyright Information

You might want to sell some of the plates you have made.  In that case, you should include a copyright notice on your plate.

You should read the general copyright information from the government. 

You can find it at this location:  www.copyright.gov

The information we will put on your plate for you is what the government calls the "form of notice for visually perceptable copies"  It consists of three things:  1.  the letter c in a circle, 2.  the year of first publication of the work, and 3.  "the name of the owner of copyright in the work, or an abbreviation by which the name can be recognized, or a generally known alternative designation of the owner".

Some other important points.

"The way in which copyright protection is secured is frequently misunderstood. No publication or registration or other action in the Copyright Office is required to secure copyright. "

"Copyright is secured automatically when the work is created, and a work is “created” when it is fixed in a copy or phonorecord for the first time."

“Copies” are material objects from which a work can be read or visually perceived either directly or with the aid of a machine or device, such as books, manuscripts, sheet music, film, videotape, or microfilm."

A luncheon plate is a 3-D "copy" of a work.

We will insert copyright information onto your plate if:

1.  You are the owner of copyright of the photograph.

2.   You have permission from any people in the photograph to use their picture.

3.  You give us the information you want included in the copyright notice.

You do not have to register your material with the Copyright Office immediately.  You can do it sometime during the life of the copyright.

The current cost to register copyrighted material with the Copyright Office is $45. 

According to the government, there are certain legal advantages to doing so.  They mostly seem to deal with protection from infringement on your copyright.

The government information is pretty straightforward.  Be sure to read it yourself. 

They also have a Copyright Public Information Office which you can call if you want additional information on any subject related to copyright.  Their phone number is (202) 707-3000, Monday through Friday, 8:30 A.M. to 5 P.M. Eastern time zone.

Patriot Plate Design Company

We are small family business owned by a woman veteran. 

We have been in operation since March, 2007. 

Our largest order to date was the plates with a picture of The Office caricatures on the stage at the Mall at Steamtown.  They were distributed at The Office convention in Scranton, PA in October 2007. 

Ready to place an order?

Are you ready to place your order?

OK, OK we know.  It's not a form yet.  Send us an email.

This is the information we need:

A copy of your special photograph sent as an attachment we can download

Your name.

Your shipping Address.

Your Email address.

How do you want the copyright information to read?

Are you willing to let us publish a copy of your photo plate on our web site? 

Tell us wether you want it posted to the Plates to Buy album or the Plates to View.

When we post your plate's picture in the Plates to Buy album we will include the email address you send us so they can contact you directly to make the purchase.

Please note.  We have no idea of the volumn of orders we are going to get.  We will create, manufacture and ship your order as quickly as possible, but it could take a few weeks.  Keep in mind that the special price on the first 100 orders is to let us work any problems out of our system. 

But I just want one plate!

We make dishes in a minimum set of four. 

You can go to our strategic partners at custompictureplate.com if you need only a few.  They also carry picture plate frames, hangers, and stands.   

Please let them know you got their name from us!

Our Mailing Address

You can, if you wish, mail us your order.  Download your digital photo to a CD, and send it with your ordering information and payment to:

Patriot Plate Design Company

RR 4 Box 55 C

Montrose, PA 18801

USA

Fundraiser Ideas

Looking for a new idea to raise money for a special organization, event or activity?

Come up with a photo that has meaning to the people involved.

Order one set of luncheon plates.

Register your picture plate with us as a fundraiser plate.

We will post it in our fundraiser photo album.

Anyone can buy one of the fundraiser plates from us.  $8.00 of every $15 we collect will be sent to the originating plateholder.

For example, suppose your church needs to raise money for a special project.  You are identified as the focal point.  You take a picture of the church and order a basic set of dishes.  That makes you the plateholder for that design.  Once we have the plate design established, we will publish the plate's picture in our fundraiser photo album. 

Thereafter, anyone who wants to can purchase a plate from us for $15.  You can buy a quantity of the plates directly, or you can have interested parties go to our website to order directly from us.  We in turn will send the fundraiser portion of the money back to the focal point.

Lots to Look At!

We recently added a fifth photo album to our site. 

Most of the plates we make will be used as dishes.  There are some photos that are really intended for display monuments, commemorative plates, and most pictures of historic sites.  That's why we added the last album.

1.  Patriot Plate Designs is an album of plates that we made from photos we took.  Most of these designs have been sold before or have been listed on our ebay site.  You are welcome to purchase any of these plates on an individual basis.  The price for each plate is $15.

2.  Plates to Buy will be an album of plates purchased by our customers which they are willing to re-sell.  If a customer wishes to re-sell a plate, they provide us with an email address where they can be contacted.  We suggest that the price for each plate is $15.

3.  Plates to View is an album of plates purchased by our customers which they do not wish to sell.  However, they are willing to share a picture of their plate with other customers.  Get ideas and enjoy the views!

4.  Fundraiser Plates is an album of plates purchased by a fundraiser focal point.  Of course the fundraiser could purchase a  quantity of plates from us for resale.  We give them the option of also putting a picture of the plate in our fundraiser album.  Plates can be purchased for $15 and $8 of that will be sent directly to the fundraiser focal point.

5.  Monuments, Commemoratives, and Historical Places is an album of plates designed to be decorative, rather than used to serve lunch.

Somebody must know somebody who...

There are some plates I'd really like to make, but I don't have the contacts...yet.

So, maybe you know someone who might be able to connect.

I'd like to do a series of plates for the Food Network with pictures of their chefs in the chef''s own kitchen.  Then you could eat lunch with your favorite  chef.

I'd like to do a puzzle plate of Chef Emeril Lagasse with all kinds of hidden food objects on it.  He could use it as a fund raiser for some of his special projects with kids.

I'd like to do a picture taken by Rachael Ray at just about ANY place she's visited.  Then I could cook one of her vacation meals and serve it on an appropriate plate!

Josh Turner or just about any country singer.  Yeah, I'd like to have lunch with him.

Anyone know any sports figures?

Political candidates?  Well maybe not.

I'd really enjoy making plates of some of the pictures of distant stars and galaxies taken by the big observatories.

I'm Air Force and Air Force Reserves.  I want to take pictures of every military airplane I can find.  We're planning a trip back to Dayton, Ohio to visit the Air Force Museum - the coolest place ever if you're in to military planes!

Who owns the copyright on some of those crazy animal pictures you get sent to you by email? 

Who's got a picture of the white killer whale?

Anybody else got any ideas?

Don't get any bright ideas.

Folks, this is a family business. 

No naked people.

No illegal or vulgar acts or gestures.

No vulgar or profane language.

No pictures of other people's copyrighted material.

In general, no photos of "famous" people, unless you have their permission in writing.

If you wouldn't show it to your Great Aunt Matilda, we don't want to see it either.

We reserve the right to refuse to work on any questionable material.

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