Spiders, When I was recently trying to find a lace book I pulled them all out of the bookcase and else where and piled them up as I went.
I have a pile of books 4.5' high - this excludes the pile of prickings in folders (another pile which is 3' high). Since I started making lace I have always written the source of the pricking onto the pricking itself so I can remember where I got it from. Also, when I first started, I was advised that if I was working from a pricking, taken from one of my books, that I photocopied the working directions and took those out to lace classes or groups rather than the book (and after recently loosing my wonder Richard Gravestock pricker I am vowing never to take anything I love out of the house - EVER). Now, just incase I ever wanted to make it again, I made sure I wrote on the photocopy where I took it from so I could find the original book when I needed it (and, just to show I'm really sad, I also made sure that if I had problems with part of the pattern I also noted down where I solved it from - yes I'm sad but it may have something to do with the fact that post-it notes had just been invented) Love to you all Liz In a message dated 12/09/2003 14:15:50 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Subj: RE: [lace] progression from the copyright discussion > Date: 12/09/2003 14:15:50 GMT Daylight Time > From: <A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> > To: <A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > >>>From: Jane Partridge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > But maybe there are ways we could make it easier for those who wish to > obtain a legal copy to identify who designed the pattern in the first place? > (And I know I'm a terror for often simply putting JP or JMP and the year on > my patterns!).<<< > > Well, if everyone is working from a bought (not copied from a friend) > pattern, there's a good chance they'll remember what book/magazine they got > the pattern from. Not always, especially if they've cut out the pricking > long ago and just now gotten around to working it, but much of the time. > That'll help. If lacemakers wrote the source on the back of their > prickings, that would help even more. The other thing is for designers to > put their *name* on the pattern next to the pinholes (so it won't get cut > off when trimming excess paper), not just initials. > > Still, getting permission to copy an out-of-print pattern will be difficult > with just a name. It means finding the publisher's address so you can write > to them to try to get the address of the designer, then writing to the > designer to get permission to use it. A long delay and a lot of bother, > both of which promote pirating a copy. I don't know any way around that. > > Robin P. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA > Regards Liz Beecher I'm <A HREF="http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee";>blogging</A> now - see what it's all about - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
