Originally Posted by
SueSew
If knowledge had a copyright or patent we would have to have a seance to resurrect all of the great mathematicians and philosophers and get permission to use all of the basic concepts of our civilization.
Every child who ever wrote a book report would be in prison for sharing ideas learned in a book.
Everyone who ever 'carried the one' to the tens' column would be paying royalties.
Every child who learned test tube division would be paying fees to the estate of Maria Montessori.
Teaching would likely be prohibited as the royalties and releases would be prohibitively expensive.
Religious folk would have to ask the Lord's permission to put words from his book on their signature lines on this board.
Cite the reference, quote the book.
Now let's all laugh and get back to the sewing machine!
You are right on, Sue! There is nothing new under the sun and there is especially no really new technique in sewing. I have made and tried to correct, more or less successfully, every error that can be made sewing and some of the corrections have resulted in better projects than would have been made without the error. Maybe I should write a book about the methods used to make corrections, thereby requiring everyone who makes similar errors and corrects thelm to pay me a royalty. WOW! I feel rich already. froggyintexas