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Question about Kinkos and copyright Anonymous
Hey /hr. I've decided I'd like to make some prints of the video game and movie high res art I have. Has anyone ever run into douches at Kinko's who refuse to let you do that?

tl;dr: does kinko's really give a shit about copyright?
>> Anonymous
If they do, your best bet would be to hit it as late as possible. I doubt the late shift people will give a shit what you copy when they close in an hour.
>> Anonymous
no one is going to stop you at all

plus pretty much everything at kinko's is self-serve

but seriously no one is going to bother you at all
>> Anonymous
Thanks anon. All I needed to know.
>> Anonymous
I have had assholes at kinkos stop me at all hours. good luck
>> Anonymous
It's not JUST them being assholes. They can/will lose their job.

Buy your own $3-7k oversize printer and do it yourself. =)
>> Anonymous
what about the ups store anon? also what about making vectors from something that was too small anyway, is that sum copyright infringement?
>> Anonymous
>>372518
It's still infringement. Just like fanart is technically copyright infringement.

Just to be nice, I went to my local UPS store and asked. The nice Indian guy who works the counter said that they don't really care, but potentially they could lose their jobs so they "prefer that stuff hush-hush."
>> Anonymous
easiest solution is to not try to print things with something that would make it seem obviously copyrighted. (i.e. copyright/watermarks, really official looking w/ title and all that small print)

Also, watch the staff and try to find the most clueless out of touch person at the counter.
>> Anonymous
>>372616

Bad idea anon, the most socially inept are also often the most anal-retentive about company "rules." Look for the guy who's too cool to stop you from printing copyrighted images
>> Anonymous
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This is the image I'm thinking of vectoring. I don't have a Kinkos were I am, just the UPS store.

I figured I would share it with anon since /hr/ anons have provided so much for me.
>> Anonymous
Hey Anon. OP here. I went to Kinko's and printed out the prints I wanted.

Nobody gave a shit. If you just keep to yourself, use the self-service, and only bother the staff if you need something (better paper or whatever), they really don't even notice you're alive. It's not like the other patrons give a shit and are going to report what you are doing.

The only people I found online who report this shit are wedding photographers.
>> Anonymous
I work at kinkos, they will only give you shit if you ask them to do it, because then because of some loophole it doesn't fall under fair use. If you do it yourself then you assume responsibility and nobody cares, but I haven't seen anybody with a self serve wide format printer. What you're better off doing is using a print service online that has pricing for a short run wide format printing.
>> Anonymous
>>374573
>What you're better off doing is using a print service online that has pricing for a short run wide format printing.

Any place you know of in particular that doesn't give a shit about copyright?
>> Anonymous
Wow you got that much problems in the us? Here in germany I can print what I want (even porn) and nobody gives a shit, they just make money, yay yay :)
>> Anonymous
>>374360
I work at The UPS Store and my boss doesn't really care for the most part when people do copyright printing. I'd do some printing of my own but the largest size paper we have on the color printer is 11x17.
>> Anonymous
>>374581
Printing porn is allowed, even encouraged in Deutschland, because all Germans are seedy perverts.
>Ja, Ich bekam einige köstliche shiesse porn mein guter Freund.
>> Anonymous
how does it work? Take a CD in and I get to size it to the print size I desire?
>> Anonymous
>>374639
Nah dude. The printer at the UPS Store in my town has paper at least 3.5 feet wide.