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Originally Posted by T.G
Also bear in mind that the company manufacturing the poker chips will be making a profit, so using an image without permission potentially puts them at risk. Your you tube example is not applicable since there are no tangible, physical goods involved, and no third party making a profit.
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You bring up an interesting point however I stand by my assertion that it's a non-profit activity since the company making the chips makes profit from the chips themselves and not from any artwork etc we ask them to use. The same could be said for publishers of others works as well as T-Shirt companies who provide a service to the owners of the images but don't actually profit from the copywrited material and instead profit from the service.
So back to my assertion, we can use the images as long as it's not for profit for ourselves. And even more so if it's a one time activity and on a limited run.