>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 'No part of this publication may be reproduced...except for your own personal use....' So, the reason I haven't broken copyright law is because I couldn't be bothered? I'm going to have to give myself a strong talking to <<<
No, it does allow "for your own personal use". As long as your scan is from your own copy and neither the scan nor the original are given to anybody else, you should be within copyright. >>>but what about patterns from people who were producing patterns upto a short while ago but who now, for whatever reason have stopped and we cannot source their work from any supplier.<<< It would be illegal for you to make a copy. Just because they have stopped doesn't mean they don't hold the right to copy. That lasts, if I remember correctly, for 70 years after their death (that will, of course, vary in other countries), so the heirs can benefit. If you really want a legal copy of a pattern not in print, you need to track down the copyright holder (usually the designer or publisher) and ask permission to copy it. Or find the book/magazine at a used bookstore and buy it. not a copyright (or any other kind of) lawyer, just my understanding; Robin P. 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]
