>>>From: Brenda Paternoster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On the subject of Miss Channer's mat; copyright is the right to exactly reproduce. I believe that if you own a worked mat (from a purchased pricking), and then re-drew it from scratch using a suitable grid you would own the copyright on the new artwork although you wouldn't (morally)own the design. Tracing wouldn't be allowed as that is mechanical copying.<<<
I believe there's more to it than that. If I make a hooked rug from someone's watercolor painting, I can be infringing the painter's copyright by selling copies of my rug pattern. It's my understanding that changing media doesn't automatically bypass copyright--it has to be changed "enough" to be an adaptation. Robin P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.pittsburghlace.8m.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
