On 16 Sep 2004, at 18:03, Debbie wrote:
Lately in our discussions about copyright, this book(Modern Lace Designs by Veronica Sorenson)
came to mind as
there is a pattern of a robin sitting on a flower pot surrounded by a
snowy background. The picture is framed with a little edging that was
not allowed to be included in the pattern because of a question of
copyright! The edging could be easily redrawn from the picture by an
experienced lacemaker. Some food for thought there... just what thought
I’m not sure.
There's also an oval wedding medallion/plaque design which bears a VERY superficial resemblance to the design in Eeva Lisa Kortelahti's Nyplatkaamme/Let's Make Bobbin Lace. I remember spending a wet and windy weekend with Veronica demonstrating BL in a marquee, and she was telling me that she got her knuckles wrapped by Kortelahti's publisher for alleged copyright infringement, but if you look at both and was only 'let off' because the dates in her design were of her own wedding in 1961; My copy of Kortelahti's book was published in 1988, don't know if there was an earlier Finnish only version or when Kortelahti's piece was made. Sorenson's book was published in 1984.
To my thinking, it's impossible to say that either design was copied from the other. There's a similarity in overall shape, size and function but that's about all. Design ideas have to come from somewhere, and without studying of other works, in any media, design would not move forward.
Incidentally, Veronica Sorenson's wedding oval is pictured opposite the robin picture that Debbie mentioned. That was based on a commercial Christmas card. I too made a lace picture from a Christmas card once, though mine was only holly leaves, berries and ribbons. Did I steal Veronica's idea??!!
Brenda http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/
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