Ep. 2996 - Q&A: “Can I legally sell t-shirts with retro images of celebrities?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project
4.8 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2025
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
In today’s episode, we help an aspiring side hustler navigate the tricky world of copyright and likeness rights. Can you legally sell products featuring old-school celebrity images? Let’s break it down.
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| 0:45.2 | Guess what, friends? |
| 0:50.4 | Well, first of all, welcome to Side Ussel School. |
| 0:52.1 | It's your host, Chris Gillibow. |
| 0:53.2 | But also, today is the aides of March. The aides of March, welcome to Sideswell School. It's your host, Chris Gillibow, but also today is the |
| 0:54.3 | Ides of March, the Iads of March 2025. You could be listening at any point, of course, but the day this |
| 0:59.8 | episode's going out, episode 2,996. What's the Iads of March all about? Well, historically, |
| 1:05.8 | it is the day Julius Caesar got a very aggressive performance review. Okay. But don't worry, there's no betrayal here. |
| 1:12.1 | Just some stories and ideas to help you conquer the world, minus the dramatic stabbing, |
| 1:16.0 | and also maybe even not conquer the world, but help you start a side hustle or small business, |
| 1:20.2 | create economic empowerment. That's what we're all about. So today's episode, let's jump in. |
| 1:24.7 | Can you legally sell t-shirts with retro images of celebrities? |
| 1:28.8 | Interesting idea. I don't think we've ever had this one before. Starting in business with |
| 1:32.5 | nostalgic appeal can be a good way to tap into a passionate market. But when it comes to using |
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