copyright vent
03-15-2010, 08:47 AM
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Following the "laws" are not always easy. I think if you change a pattern or do it differently does not make it the same as the original. I have heard there are no quilt police and choose to believe it. As long as you don't publish it who's to know or care?
03-15-2010, 09:16 AM
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03-15-2010, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Rose Marie
Think about this one.
I check out quilting books from the Library and make copies of the quilts I like.
I check out quilting books from the Library and make copies of the quilts I like.
Lending a pattern or book is okay. That isn't copying.
As far as magazines, I picked up a quilting magazine at random (Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting) and right away found a copyright statement inside - "no part of this magazine may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher..." So yes, it is a copyright violation. If your friend needs something from the magazine, she should buy it, or you can loan or give her your copy. You can even tear out just the pages she is interested in and give them to her. Most magazine publishers don't have the time, resources or motivation to track down violators, but that doesn't mean it's ethical to copy from a magazine.
Actually, the more I read about copyright, the easier I think it is to understand. It actually makes sense. If someone writes something, she has the RIGHT to control the COPIES.
As far as whether a quilt design described in a pattern is itself copyrighted - only if it's an original design. (If I write a book about elephants, that doesn't mean I own the copyright on elephants! But you can't copy pages from my book, because I do own the copyright on that.)
Another good source of info - http://www.reddawn.net/quilt/copylaw.htm
<end of rant in response to the copyright vent> ;-)
03-15-2010, 06:42 PM
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My copyright "outrage" has to do with antique redwork & other embroidery designs. If someone obtains an old embroidered piece, I don't believe that gives him/her the right to copy the design, copyright it as theirs, and sell it for $15.00. In my opinion that is stealing. Antique patterns are in the public domain and should remain so. Original work is entirely another matter. If I buy a pattern, I would share it with a friend, but wouldn't copy and pass it around to a large number of people.
03-15-2010, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by dunster
Originally Posted by Rose Marie
Think about this one.
I check out quilting books from the Library and make copies of the quilts I like.
I check out quilting books from the Library and make copies of the quilts I like.
Lending a pattern or book is okay. That isn't copying.
As far as magazines, I picked up a quilting magazine at random (Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting) and right away found a copyright statement inside - "no part of this magazine may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher..." So yes, it is a copyright violation. If your friend needs something from the magazine, she should buy it, or you can loan or give her your copy. You can even tear out just the pages she is interested in and give them to her. Most magazine publishers don't have the time, resources or motivation to track down violators, but that doesn't mean it's ethical to copy from a magazine.
Actually, the more I read about copyright, the easier I think it is to understand. It actually makes sense. If someone writes something, she has the RIGHT to control the COPIES.
As far as whether a quilt design described in a pattern is itself copyrighted - only if it's an original design. (If I write a book about elephants, that doesn't mean I own the copyright on elephants! But you can't copy pages from my book, because I do own the copyright on that.)
Another good source of info - http://www.reddawn.net/quilt/copylaw.htm
<end of rant in response to the copyright vent> ;-)
So if I understand this correctly I should copy what I need from the magazine and send the magazine on and not the copy.
03-15-2010, 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by dakotamaid
So if I understand this correctly I should copy what I need from the magazine and send the magazine on and not the copy.
03-15-2010, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Margaret
My copyright "outrage" has to do with antique redwork & other embroidery designs. If someone obtains an old embroidered piece, I don't believe that gives him/her the right to copy the design, copyright it as theirs, and sell it for $15.00. In my opinion that is stealing. Antique patterns are in the public domain and should remain so. Original work is entirely another matter. If I buy a pattern, I would share it with a friend, but wouldn't copy and pass it around to a large number of people.
03-16-2010, 05:58 AM
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i say....who cares??? who is going to track down all of us quilters and sue us for using their design or whatever??!!! i figure as long as your not making a thousand quilts and selling them at huge profit--no one cares!!
03-16-2010, 06:04 AM
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Originally Posted by montanaquilter
i say....who cares??? who is going to track down all of us quilters and sue us for using their design or whatever??!!! i figure as long as your not making a thousand quilts and selling them at huge profit--no one cares!!
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