I think that when you have the evidence of your own design process, ie. stages in the evolution of the design that is a defence against "stealing" someone else's work. Obviously you have not stolen someone else's design and taken their work if you have created your own design but it resembles another person's. Devon In a message dated 5/3/2009 12:49:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
I follow this debate when it comes up, as best I can, but can I put a question to all those in the know please? I have been working on creating a pattern most of the afternoon, I have taken shapes, fans, spiders, dots trails and things and put them together in a way that fits (as I am working with the design package. I am not looking at books, but using different shapes to make what I hope will be a pattern I like and one I can work. I intend to give it a name (if it comes together and I like it enough) but without looking at every other torchon pattern book that is in print how can I be sure I have not repeated someone elses patterns. (I have quite a few but this is not a repeat of anything in those). It is not really likely to be an exact of anyone elses, but without looking how would I know? I dont intend to sell it, just to use it for a family piece but under my own name and under the design name I give it. Sue T > There have been large and long debates on knitting and lace knitting lists > about this kind of thing, and I have two friends who are patent/copyright > attorneys who have advised me, and one did get into a discussion on a > list. Some of the challenge on one of them was the owners of the list > published patterns, and so wanted to overstate copyright to put fear into > people, which perpetuated misinformation (such as you can't even make a > working copy or photocopy something out of the library, even if > out-of-print). - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected] **************The Average US Credit Score is 692. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222376998x1201454298/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=M ay5309AvgfooterNO62) - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
