Exactly: specific designs are subject to license terms determined by the original designer, which are liberal in some cases and not in others. But the concept of a such-and-such emoji and it's encoded representation are not an issue.
Peter -----Original Message----- From: Unicode [mailto:unicode-boun...@unicode.org] On Behalf Of Martin J. Dürst Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2015 9:59 PM To: patapatachakapon . <bugraaydin1...@gmail.com> Cc: Shervin Afshar <shervinafs...@gmail.com>; unicode@unicode.org Subject: Re: Rights to the Emoji You can also design your own version of the emoji you want to use. [I'm not a lawyer, but as far as I understand,] what's protected is the individual design, not the idea of a "donut" or "frowning face" emoji as such. Regards, Martin. On 2015/10/12 09:51, Shervin Afshar wrote: > Those listed in the column titled "Native" come from the operating > system (in your case, Mac OS X) and/or browser you are viewing that > page on. One can assume that the right to those belong to the entity > who develops those software. > > A safer approach for you would be to use symbols from Emoji One[1]; if > you can attribute that project on your products, you can use them for > free; if you can not do that, they require that you contact them for a > custom paid license [2]. > > Also, with the paid license you are helping a project publishing > content under Creative Common license. > > [1]: http://emojione.com/ > [2]: http://emojione.com/faq#faq5 > > ↪ Shervin > > On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 5:59 AM, patapatachakapon . < > bugraaydin1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I work for a small company in Turkey. We would like to import/sell >> products that have pictures of Emoji on them (such as keychains, cups >> etc.) , here in Turkey. The Emoji we would like to use on our >> products are the ones that are titled Native on the chart that I've attached >> to this email. >> I would like to know whether or not it's required to buy the rights >> these Emoji. Are Emoji copyrighted, or can they be used by anyone for >> design purposes? >> >> Thanks so much in advance! >> >