Hello all, After a busy weekend in lace meetings, I want to share with you more complaints of some happenings in my country.
Instead of repeating all my words, I hope you don't mind to have a look at an article I have written in my blog. Thank you very much. http://mi-pequeno-taller-eng.blogspot.com.es/ Best wishes from Antje, in a stormy Spain (stormy weather, I mean, not just copying problems!) Antje * * *Photography is like life... you can change perspective by changing your point of view! * 2013/5/26 Alex Stillwell <alexstillw...@talktalk.net> > ** > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* bertra...@gmail.com > *To:* Alex Stillwell <alexstillw...@talktalk.net> > *Sent:* Sunday, May 26, 2013 5:01 PM > *Subject:* Re: [lace] Protection of intellectual property > > Alex, > The best thing is to call them and just talk to them as to whether they > are a fit for you. They are very nice and easy to talk with. You may find > they are a perfect fit, or they may say they can't help but can refer you > to another small publisher within their group. > Good luck - hope this lead works for you all. I would love to see the > older books back in print for less than $200+ a copy as some are. > I am just starting to really learn lace and it is quite an expensive > undertaking especially when the books are so expensive. > Sallie > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 26, 2013, at 12:50 AM, "Alex Stillwell" <alexstillw...@talktalk.net> > wrote: > > Thank you Sallie. I have looked at their website - at first glance not > what I was expecting! They sound interesting, I will certainly put this to > the group. > > Happy lacemaking > > Alex > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* bertra...@gmail.com > *To:* Alex Stillwell <alexstillw...@talktalk.net> > *Sent:* Sunday, May 26, 2013 7:34 AM > *Subject:* Re: [lace] Protection of intellectual property > > Alex, > It would be nice to know if Crippen & Landru can help you. They are a very > small publishing company and may even be thankful for the work. I haven't > ordered from them in some time as the author I really liked passed on, but > they were always helpful to me when I called or e-mailed them. > Good luck > Sallie > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 26, 2013, at 12:28 AM, "Alex Stillwell" <alexstillw...@talktalk.net> > wrote: > > Thank you Sallie. I will pass this on to the lace authors. > > Happy lacemaking > > Alex > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* bertra...@gmail.com > *To:* Alex Stillwell <alexstillw...@talktalk.net> > *Sent:* Saturday, May 25, 2013 6:47 PM > *Subject:* Fwd: [lace] Protection of intellectual property > > Alex, > I sent this to Clay as I mistakenly thought the original posting came from > her. So am resenting it to you. > Sallie in WY > > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From:* bertra...@gmail.com > *Date:* May 25, 2013, 11:25:02 AM MDT > *To:* Clay Blackwell <clayblackw...@comcast.net> > *Subject:* *Re: [lace] Protection of intellectual property* > > Clay, > Have you contacted any local printers? The following printer does small > orders. They do mystery books, but may be interested in your book. Just a > thought. I have several of their books and they do a very nice print job. > Believe they may be near you as well. > Crippenlandru.com. > Sallie in WY > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 25, 2013, at 8:56 AM, Clay Blackwell <clayblackw...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > I am finding the discussion of other ways to "publish" to be very > interesting! > > > I would love to see viable ways for our very talented authors and > designers to > > make their work available to us. > > > On a related subject, I would like to complain about the lacemaker who > takes another person's design, modifies it in some way, and then calls it > her own design without adding, "after (name of original designer)". If the > design is for her own use, so what, but if she enters it into a competition > as her own work...? Several years ago, this happened at the competition > at IOLI, and the "winner" had copied a published pattern, without > attribution. I recognized the pattern and thought the modification was so > slight that it amounted to plagiarism. > > > So yes, while there are mostly good and decent people in lacemaking, there > are bad apples in the bunch as well, and we need to protect the > intellectual rights of our designers! > > > Clay > > > - > > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
