Help From The Community

Hey everybody,

I need some advice on copyright/using another companies parts in your project.

I want to make a camera strap for my camera but want to avoid metal hardware for connecting to the camera and a quick release mechanism would be great because I like to set my camera on a tripod for landscape shots and don't want a strap flapping in the wind.

What I ended up on was the Peak design anchor links. Great design, good functionality and they fit on to almost any camera, they do also sell their own straps however on the website page of the links themselves they mentioned that they can be used with any camera strap that you wish.

Now the point where I get a bit anxious is if I make a camera strap designed to work with the anchor links and post images of that on Instagram, will I get into any legal troubles? I have checked online if other people are making this product already and there are a number of sellers on etsy who are using the peak design anchor links with custom made straps.

I have in mind to make the part that attaches to the anchor links replaceable (i.e. not stitch it in but use something like a Chicago screw).

If anybody has any advice on this please let me know!