Well, I can tell you right now from just perusing the books I have, that nothing says the books can not be resold. What the craft books say is that you can't reproduce the "contents" or store the "contents" or send the "contents" of the book by any means electronic, mechanical or manually with out the permission of the copyright holder. Ie...you can't quote the book word for word or take the patterns for your own "profit". They don't generally worry about private people copying things for their own personal use, and would never bother to go after you for that. I know they wouldn't care if you sold the books to students to have them use it as a text for craft classes but they would object if you copied the book on a printer and used or sold the copies as required materials in a class. I have seen classes where instructions were copied and I suspect they didn't write for permission...I think that is a widespread issue these days but it is hard to catch unless it is done on a "large" scale.
Cearbhael -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 2:27 AM To: Jean Nathan Cc: lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Pattern copyright > Most books carry a notice on the copyright page saying that the book cannot > be resold, but in most cases it wouldn't be practical or financially worth > the author or publisher taking legal action to stop a secondhand copy being > sold Wow, that's hard to believe. If this is so, then all second-hand book stores are illegal. While it wouldn't be financially feasible for one author to go after one seller of one copy of his/her book, a class action suit by all authors against all used-book stores would surely be worth pursuing! Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
