[lace] Ethics and the internet

2014-04-21 Thread Brian Lemin
You will know that I am passionate about lace bobbins. I started with the East Midland genre, then moved on to East Devon bobbins and for some years i have been urged to turn my mind to the bobbins of the “European” continent. Over the years some people have kindly sent me some bobbins

Re: [lace] Ethics and the internet

2014-04-21 Thread J D Hammett
Hi Brian and fellow Arachnids, A very good idea. I would certainly take photos of my continental bobbins and let you have them with what info I have. Hope you have all found some time to make lace this Easter. Happy lace making, Joepie, sunny East Sussex, UK -Original Message-

Re: [lace] Ethics and the internet

2014-04-21 Thread lynrbailey
Dear Brian, as we all on Arachne know, the copyright rules are different in each country. It seems to me you can avoid a lot of problems by acknowledging the problem on the website, asking permission to post any copyrighted pictures, and expressing a willingness to delete any photos as the

Re: [lace] Janice Blair's Poppy

2014-04-21 Thread David C COLLYER
Janice, I've now assembled the 2 poppies I made and thought I'd tell folks what I did. Having drawn the black stamens on each of the 4 petals, I selected the 4 longest threads on each and made a Beds plait for about 4cm. Then I stitched the 4 petals together up the lower half of each side,

Re: [lace] Janice Blair's poppy

2014-04-21 Thread Janice Blair
I am getting the same message as everyone else.  I will ask my DD to look into it as it was working on Sunday. Thanks to all who emailed me about it. Janice   Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org

[lace] Janice Blair's Site

2014-04-21 Thread Janice Blair
It appears that my website host is having problems and is working on it.  I will let you know when I find out that it is okay and will post again. Janice    Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - To unsubscribe

[lace] Brian's bobbins

2014-04-21 Thread Lorelei Halley
Brian One thing you could do, that wouldn't cost any money, would be to start a pinboard on pinterest. Since pinterest now includes the source website for every photo, you could take photos off the internet. And you would be surprised how many photos of bobbins there are. Pinterest does allow you

Re: [lace] Ethics and the internet

2014-04-21 Thread Joy Beeson
Legally, Heaven only knows. There's probably a law against crossing the street. Morally, if you give as much provenance as you've got, and state that it's incomplete and open to correction, that's all any reasonable person could expect. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/