Vivien wrote:
Hi, we are one of the biggest designers of Torchon lace patterns.
They are,
in English law, copy right. You may not copy at all without our
permission.
We tell our customer we don't mind them copying the bought copy for
their own
use. It is illegal to copy and give away copies and it is illegal to
sell
the original after you have finished with it. All this I got from our
solicitor
who assures me this is the law in England. I am disgusted when groups
buy a
pattern to copy for their group. It is stealing.
You are allowed to make copies for your *own personal use* - ie one to
make the pricking from and one to doodle on, perhaps you want to
experiment with different colours, or maybe you want to enlarge or
reduce the scale and use a finer or thicker thread. More than that is
illegal.
A while ago there was outrage on a family history email group because
someone had bought a CD of (I think) parish register transcriptions.
He'd noted any that were of interest to him and now wanted to pass on
the CD to someone else but was told in no uncertain terms by several
others on the group that that would be infringing copyright.
Those transcriptions were in the form of .pdf files. If they had been
printed on paper in a book and he'd
copied out the info that was of interest to him and then sold the book
as second-hand would the same restrictions have applied? Do those
restrictions apply to lace patterns printed in books? There are
thousands of second-hand lace books around and many have copyright
patterns printed in them.
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html
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