So are you saying we will be seeing fewer and fewer websites of other arachneans completed lace pieces, to inspire and spur us to create our own masterpieces, simply because the owners of said websites are unable (or can't be bothered/no time) to track down the authors of the books the lace came fromto ask their permission. If those websites had not been created I doubt very much that those same people would have published a booklet due to the complexities of book publishing not to mention cost. Publishing to the web in this way may be considered mass-production, it could also be considered free advertising. I am sure there are people who have seen websites with completed pieces displayed who have then gone out and bought the book in order to create the design themselves. i.e I, having looked at all the Milanese lace I went out and bought a Milanese book. I have still yet to make any, but at least I have got the book ready for when I get round to it<g>. Likewise I quite liked the chrysanthemum lace I saw a while ago, I haven't bought *that* book simply because I thought I had enough on my plate to cope with, but as and when I get time I will probably buy a book on that as well.
This particular part of this topic is something of interest to me as I had been considering creating a website to put my little bits and pieces on, none of which were created out of my head and some pieces were created so long ago I can't remember where I got them from without going through all the books and booklets I have collected over the years and borrowed from the library. So maybe I won't bother. Who are the winners then! If I do create a website I won't actually gain anything from it apart from the experience of creating a website, and maybe one or two acknowledgements, any authors I named might possibly get some benefit.. If I don't create a website then nothing happens and no one gets anything. I think I'm rambling. Its late so I'll shut up. Just hit the delete key. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Panza, Robin > Sent: 26 August 2004 15:05 > To: Arachne (E-mail) > Subject: RE: [lace] Intent of copyright law > > > As the one who has been most vocal on this point, I have to say > again--there's never been any claim that you can't show your work to your > friends. However, publishing to the web is mass-production and > comes under > copyright restrictions. If someone published a book of their work, with > detailed photos of the pieces they did from others' patterns, > would that not > be infringement? Do you really think the publisher would accept the job > without permission from the designers? Do you really think the > author could > win in court using the argument, "I was just showing my work to > my friends"? > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
