I have to say that the modern world we live in, that seems not to give a fig
about intellectual property is a great concern. "Stealing" seems to have
taken on a different meaning to many.
I oft-times make model airplanes (RC models) and the convention that we
appear to have taken on is that a pattern/plan in a magazine that you buy,
you may use it to make one "of it" for you own personal use or pleasure;
that seems fair to me. Certainly not pass it around and definitely not
sell it.
Then comes the issue of on line publication of a magazine to which you have
contributed, without your permission. You then lose control of your work
completely.
However the on line publisher can make it more difficult (even impossible
for the ordinary user of the internet) by disabling the copy function on the
web. Currently I am heavy into ukulele playing (a little jazz trio) and I
am often looking for printed lyrics / printed music, to download. There are
plenty in my genre that offer out of copyright stuff for free, but I
occasionally come across a site that will not enable me to download the
song... that too is fair in my opinion.
May I suggest that Antje, request the magazine publishers to disable the
copy function for their patterns when they publish it on the web, their IT
people will certainly know how to do that. I don’t know how they do it..
but they can and do when it suits them.
Brian
From Brian and Jean Lemin
Cooranbong. Australia
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