On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 01:25:25 EDT
Liz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Now here is a thought, I've been blogging and putting pictures of the lace
> that I'm making on my blog - am I infrindging copyright - yes I possibly
am -
This is a discussion that frequently comes up on the
tatting list as one designer did apparently sue someone for posting a
picture of the lace she had made from the designer's
pattern. She didn't win. Displaying a picture of lace
you made from a pattern doesn't infringe upon the copyright
any more than posting a picture of yourself wearing a dress
made from a pattern. What the designer has the right to is the written
material. The "design", the intellectual property,
is a much grayer area especially when you consider the
diverse countries involved in anythiong posted on the
internet.
I design tatting patterns for sale, and the money from
the patterns keeps me in thread to make more patterns. I
would be annoyed if someone called any of my patterns
their's, but I'm thrilled if I see someone else has
done one of my designs. I've had people take my design
and do something new to it and send me pictures to show
it off and again I'm thrilled. If someone took a design
and made a minor changed and called it their own, I'm not
sure how I'd feel.
Sharon Briggs
In Brampton, Ontario, Canada where it looks like the summer
we didn't have, is already gone :(
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