Fair Use, Licensing & Transformative Work Statement

Existential Quotes and its premium division EQ | MONOLITH create original artworks, apparel, and digital compositions that reimagine the human condition through a dialogue between nostalgia and the machine. Our universe is built from lawful, ethically sourced, and licensed materials — transformed into new expressions of memory, irony, and myth.

Lawful Sourcing & Commercial Licensing

All graphics, visual assets, and design components used in our work are obtained through commercial licenses or are AI-generated artworks to which we hold full commercial usage rights.

We adhere strictly to the terms and conditions of all platforms and licenses involved in the creation process. Each piece is composed of:

Commercially licensed stock imagery, textures, or vector elements, which are significantly modified and recontextualized;

AI-generated visuals created under commercial-use frameworks, edited and finalized by our design team;

Original human-made design and writing, integrated into the final artistic expression.

No unlicensed reproductions, scraped imagery, or unauthorized brand assets are used in our production process.

Transformative Use & Artistic Intent

Under Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act, our creative process qualifies as transformative use, as each design substantially alters preexisting forms and conveys new meaning. Our work engages with themes of technological decay, generational memory, and posthuman evolution — recontextualizing shared symbols from the late 20th and early 21st centuries into contemporary commentary.

Specifically, our artworks:

Transform existing motifs into original compositions that critique, reinterpret, or memorialize cultural history.

Introduce new expression, message, and aesthetic intent, distinct from any original reference.

Do not substitute for or commercially exploit the source material.

Employ parody, satire, and symbolic nostalgia as legitimate forms of cultural discourse.

Brand Independence & Legal Disclaimer

Existential Quotes and EQ | MONOLITH are independent artistic entities, unaffiliated with any software, media, or corporate brands referenced within our work. Any visual resemblance to existing logos, user interfaces, or imagery is purely coincidental, symbolic, and transformative.

Our designs are not reproductions — they are reinterpretations of the shared cultural archive. We honor the spirit of creation by working within the bounds of both copyright law and ethical artistry, merging licensed visuals, AI generation, and human imagination into a unified artistic narrative.

Font Licensing Compliance

The EQ | MONOLITH and Existential Quotes brand identities utilize the typeface Andale Mono Paneuropean Regular, which is licensed under a Desktop License purchased from Monotype Imaging Inc. through MyFonts. This license authorizes the use of the font in static brand applications, including logos, advertising materials, packaging, and social-media visuals. The font file itself is not redistributed, embedded on any website, or transferred to third parties. All uses comply fully with the scope of the purchased license and are reserved exclusively for the brand’s visual identity and promotional output.

Use of the Courier Typeface

The website www.existentialquotes.com employs the typeface Courier as part of its digital design system. Courier, originally developed by IBM in 1955 and subsequently released without proprietary copyright restrictions, is recognized as a public-domain typeface. Its design is freely available for use under U.S. copyright law, as typeface designs are not subject to copyright protection under 17 U.S.C. § 102(b) and confirmed by precedent in Eltra Corp. v. Ringer, 579 F.2d 294 (4th Cir. 1978), which establishes that typeface designs are not eligible for copyright registration in the United States.

The website implements Courier through a system font stack (font-family: "Courier", monospace;), meaning the typeface is rendered from the user’s local operating system rather than distributed or embedded as a downloadable webfont. This ensures full compliance with international intellectual property and software distribution laws. The use of Courier therefore constitutes lawful public-domain implementation and does not involve the redistribution of any proprietary font software.

All design resources obtained from Creative Market—including but not limited to textures, templates, illustrations, typefaces, and graphic elements—are utilized strictly in accordance with their respective Commercial License Agreements. Each asset has been materially transformed, modified, or integrated into unique derivative works that constitute original creative output under the project www.existentialquotes.com. Such transformations include but are not limited to adaptation, compositional alteration, re-coloration, digital manipulation, and integration into proprietary design systems, ensuring that each resource is used as a component of new creative expression rather than as a standalone or redistributable item.

No Creative Market assets have been redistributed, resold, sublicensed, or repackaged in any form. All assets are employed exclusively within the scope of the aforementioned commercial project and are inseparable from its overall artistic and branding framework.

Full documentation—including purchase invoices, creator information, license summaries, and visual evidence of transformative integration—is maintained and organized for verification purposes. These materials are available upon request for review by Creative Market, relevant licensing authorities, or legal auditors to confirm the project’s ongoing adherence to commercial license requirements and intellectual property law.