My YouTube Banner...Is It Ok To Use It?

[hearty394]

So, I drew a YouTube banner (which obviously needs to be edited and colored and what not, haha.) Anyways, as you can see, it features recognizable things and characters. Reason being is that I plan to have a channel talking about things from our childhood as well as some current things. Is it ok to use it? Or will I be penalized?

 

[Farley Productions]

Your banner is completely okay to use. A lot of people use copyrighted characters in their banners and that's alright. It shows your fans/subscribers what you are interested and possibly what the channel is about and/or advertising. =]

Now within a context of a video could be different. Just depends on what the video is about.

 

[hearty394]

Ah ok! Thanks for the reply.

 

[markkaz]

Personally, I don't use anybody else's intellectual property but I'm not aware of anybody getting into trouble for doing so.

 

[TheReading]

I think it's ok as long as you don't claim it as your own work and you don't try and make money off it in any way.