> >>Robin P. wrote: >>I have taught RL to each of the 3 lace groups to which I belong, because >>that's teaching friends. I was asked once to teach at a more formal workshop >>(the Winter Lace Conference), but because the techniques are her invention, >>that's getting into infringeing on Cathy's intellectual property (morally, if >>not legally). I am not comfortable with that. No matter how much a few of us >>enjoy it, I'm afraid Cathy's "revolution" may be a quirky lace that fewer and >>fewer people bother with. > >Dear Robin et al, >I am very glad I bought the book when I did. Haven't used it, but if you see >something you might like, you buy it NOW, so you can have the book in case it >is popular and it goes out of print. This book was published in something >like 2005, and 7 years later it's not easily found, out of print. >Here are the issues as I see them: >The only book on the subject is out of print. >Cathy wrote a whole page on using, teaching and copying her book, so clearly >at the time, she wanted to profit from her endeavor, and rightly so. Instead >of copying the pages, she suggested buying the book twice on that page. An >excellent idea, and really the only option while that is possible. That is no >longer possible, yet clearly there are people who want to learn this unique >lace. >On the other hand, she does suggest contacting her in the event someone wants >to sell more than 5 pieces of lace designed by her, She also mentions that if >you want to copy just a page or 2, or just one design and not buy the book, >contact her. >From comments on Arachne, it appears that Cathy has moved on. From the >website quoted in her book, it is very clear that this is a woman of >remarkable talent and capability, so it is sad for us that she has done so. >Cathy deserves the profit from her ideas and design. But with a book out of >print, that is not happening. >If Cathy is truly out of the ring, then she may not be aware of this >situation. > >It seems to me that the best solution to the whole problem is for someone to >contact Cathy, and find out about her intentions and desires concerning this >lace at this time. She may still be of the same mind. She may be planning to >reprint the book. She may not care, as she has moved on. Until her wishes >and desires are known, not much can be done. > >This also brings up the issue of a teacher not wanting to use the patterns >from a book which is not her own. Sometimes someone rethinks things, writes a >book which has designs that may work better than the traditional ones in that >particular kind of lace. Yet there are copyright problems. How difficult is >it to contact the author to copy a design in her book for a class, especially >a beginner class, where people may not want to invest a large sum in a book if >they find out they don't like making the lace, whereas some may find they do >after the class and then buy the book. Has anyone tried contacting an author >in order to use patterns to teach from? How difficult is it? What success did >you have? > >Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, where the weather is a bit cool for this >time of year, high of 83F 25.5C, but it will be hotter by tomorrow.
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