Depredation,
You asked if Trump or Trumpcoin merch. Good question. I had planned only on Trumpcoin merch because I am worried about copyright infringement on any of Trump material. I am assuming I can get permission for Trumpcoins IP easier than Trumps. Do I/ we have permission? That said there are so many folks doing Trumps IP at rallied that I think I could probably do both. Maybe Trump gives these people permission IDK. But I am open to suggestions. But I am thinking Trumpcoins first and foremost. We have very good looking graphics on this project. We have memes, we are going to have more of them. And they are really good. Our logos obviously support Trump so they are cross over in nature. If we have Trump material and it is only available for purchase in Trumpcoins and bitcoins then we are really going to force people to look into getting a few (especially if our stuff is different and better than the other stuff out there (and especially if we have trumpcoins available for sale on the spot ready to go)). Or we could let people pay in fiat and then a percentage will be used to buy Trumpcoins thereby allowing us to claim that a percentage goes toward his campaign. You help me decide Trump community like Can't Stump said we need to hammer out some details. Maybe the shotgun blast is best (ie do all of the above at once). What are your thoughts? MHO MAGA
I know this was addressed to Depredation, but...
I had planned only on Trumpcoin merch because I am worried about copyright infringement on any of Trump material
This is a bit of a grey area in copyright law. Since Trump is running for public office, he is offering his "likeness" as public property. Logos, slogans ect
should fall under fair use. There was a case last year where Ben Carson tried to sue CafePress for selling "bootleg" campaign gear online. CafePress basically laughed at him, emasculated him publicly and continued to sell his name for profit.
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/09/18/ben-carson-you-cant-sell-shirts-stickers-supporting-my-candidacyI am assuming I can get permission for Trumpcoins IP easier than Trumps. Do I/ we have permission?
You can give yourself permission to do this.
Cryptocurrencies, including TrumpCoin, are decentralized and belong to no one. There is no business registration for Trumpcoin, LLC or Trumpcoin, Inc, no trademarks, no copyrights, nothing. The coin, its network, its logos, its "likeness" belong to everyone. No one person can make a claim of ownership, not even the creator. No one is entitled to sue you for selling anything with our logos and slogans. It's encouraged, actually. We can only ask that you coordinate those types of efforts with the rest of the community and keep your message and scope inline with the project as a whole. We can't enforce that. We can only ask you to play nice with the rest of the class.
If we have Trump material and it is only available for purchase in Trumpcoins and bitcoins then we are really going to force people to look into getting a few
Yes. But I would also recommend creating a PayPal account and ordering the free credit card swiper. You can make it easier for people to indirectly purchase Trumpcoins this way. You collect the cash and exchange to btc then Trumpcoins at the end of the day. I do this all the time for people locally. You would, of course, need to charge a bit more for this to cover your PayPal transaction fees. One of the effects of doing it this way is that folks realize quickly that your products have 2 prices and paying in cash costs more. Have some literature ready to hand out to educate people about how to get started in crypto. You won't have to pitch it. They will ask for it.
Or we could let people pay in fiat and then a percentage will be used to buy Trumpcoins thereby allowing us to claim that a percentage goes toward his campaign.
Exactly. You would be doing this even to customers paying you in crypto. You have to cover your production costs and transaction fees regardless of the currency used at point of sale. You can structure as a profit or non-profit just make sure that if you are accepting fiat that you are paying your taxes on it. Personally, I would want to go downtown and file a sole proprietorship before engaging in any merch sales. It doesn't cost much at all.
www.sba.gov has everything you need to know about that aspect.
What are your thoughts? MHO MAGA
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