Hi everyone

Steph wrote:

>copyright.  A completed piece of lace is a 'derivative work' from the
>pricking, and is subject to just the same copyright limitations as a
>straight copy of the pricking.  So you should ask the copyright holder for
>
Fun with copyright. I see it this way:  if a pricking is published with
the intent that a reader would use it to produce a piece of lace, then the
designer would not own copyright to the resulting piece, the one you made
and hold in your hand; the pattern, yes, the lace itself no - because the
pattern is intended as a means to an end that is not unique - it is meant
for anyone (any lacemaker) to use, and the results will vary even
minutely, with each lacemaker (unlike an original artwork, which is unique
to the artist). So - I think posting a picture of your lace made from
someone else's design, on the web, is not violating copyright. It would be
fraudulent if you give the impression that the lace is your original
design - so to protect your self and give due credit, clearly state the
source of the pattern.

bye for now
Bev in Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada)

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