In a message dated 26/08/2004 02:21:33 GMT Standard Time, Tamara writes: > And what about lending a book of patterns to a friend? No? The friend > should buy it instead? Well... What, then, about library books with > lace patterns in them? And, even more, what about the *lace* libraries > that lace groups/guilds build for their members? Should all those books > be read/looked at "in situ" only, but never checked out? Or, maybe, > only checked out with the permission of the author? >
Ah, copyright with libraries is different - in the front of books it normally says you can lend without permission - libraries have that permission as taken if they buy from their sources. Theoretically we actually can't lend a book for a friend to use as that is the same as giving a copy of the pattern away. In fact, if we are being technical, lace groups who buy books to make up a reference library are ok if you only borrow the book to read, you are on tricky ground if you then make a piece from that book. This was partly covered when we were talking about International / National lace organisation membership appearing to dwindle because some lace makers can't or don't see the need to join large organisations due to cost etc when they can read the magazine at their lace group who join as a group. Regards Liz in London I'm back blogging my latest lace piece - have a look by clicking on the link or going to http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
