Re: [lace] intent of copyright law

2004-08-27 Thread Steph Peters
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:18:01 -0700 (PDT), Bev wrote: Steph wrote: When someone buys a pricking (whether in a book or as a single piece of paper) they buy the right to make lace from the pricking. However they do not buy the right to copy in any other way. That's why putting a picture of

re: [lace] intent of copyright law (shortish)

2004-08-27 Thread Bev Walker
Hi everyone - to prolong the discussion only a bit more: or deriving any work from the copyrighted work. By making lace you are deriving a work in thread from the pricking. No, you are using the pricking for its intended use - a derivation would be altering the pricking, or taking elements of

RE: [lace] Intent of copyright law

2004-08-26 Thread Panza, Robin
someone doesn't buy a book because then she will be unable to show the finished piece to her friends without getting permission from the author? As the one who has been most vocal on this point, I have to say again--there's never been any claim that you can't show your work to your friends.

RE: [lace] Intent of copyright law

2004-08-26 Thread Jane Bawn
, Robin Sent: 26 August 2004 15:05 To: Arachne (E-mail) Subject: RE: [lace] Intent of copyright law As the one who has been most vocal on this point, I have to say again--there's never been any claim that you can't show your work to your friends. However, publishing to the web is mass-production