Did anyone else read this in McCall's mag
08-13-2010, 04:22 PM
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http://www.quilt.com/FAQS/CopyrightFAQ.html
Interesting article - not from the US tho - 'wonder if it is the same here???????????????
Interesting article - not from the US tho - 'wonder if it is the same here???????????????
08-13-2010, 06:02 PM
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If everyone starts asking for permission, i bet they would get real sick of it pretty quick.
So, if a doctor takes your appendicts out and something goes very wrong, Do you sue the doctor or the guy that wrote the text book on how to perform an appendectomy?
Sheer and udder stupidity.
I know. Victorian quilts slapped my hand for offering to send someone a copy of a quilt pattern from a 1988 magazine.. So does that mean it's illegal to share your magazines with a friend? I guess I better put them under lock and key.
So, if a doctor takes your appendicts out and something goes very wrong, Do you sue the doctor or the guy that wrote the text book on how to perform an appendectomy?
Sheer and udder stupidity.
I know. Victorian quilts slapped my hand for offering to send someone a copy of a quilt pattern from a 1988 magazine.. So does that mean it's illegal to share your magazines with a friend? I guess I better put them under lock and key.
08-13-2010, 07:35 PM
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Actually people cannot tell you, unless it is the trade show people themselves, that you cannot take pictures. It falls under the public view area. I'm an amateur photographer and have done work for newspapers. You can take pictures of the quilts and sell those pictures as they are considered news worthy.
It is a no no however if you take an artistic shot showing only the quilt. You can do an artistic shot with the quilt in it, if the quilt is not the primary point of the shot but has a point in the shot. Same with statues, or stained glass.
Legal photographers handbook is the source.
While copyright protects people I do have to agree, sometimes this is going way beyond the pale and into the ridiculous area.
It is a no no however if you take an artistic shot showing only the quilt. You can do an artistic shot with the quilt in it, if the quilt is not the primary point of the shot but has a point in the shot. Same with statues, or stained glass.
Legal photographers handbook is the source.
While copyright protects people I do have to agree, sometimes this is going way beyond the pale and into the ridiculous area.
08-13-2010, 07:36 PM
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You do not need to register copyrights for it to be considered a valid copyright. It just helps in sueing people if you do.
Again you can find this out in the photographers legal handbook.
Also McCalls may not have the copyright to them, but it may be under the original designer. Who may or may not have the money to sue.
Again you can find this out in the photographers legal handbook.
Also McCalls may not have the copyright to them, but it may be under the original designer. Who may or may not have the money to sue.
08-13-2010, 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by TexasGurl
I understand the aspect of copywright - but I also have a real problem with McCall's (or any other publication) saying that permission must be requested from a "quilt designer" - for QUILTS THAT ARE JUST VARIATIONS OF TRADITIONAL, COMMON, LONG-USED BLOCK PATTERNS
Aren't these considered to be in the public domain ???
EVERY magazine out there is today has ENDLESS variations of 9-patches, log cabins, churn dashes, stars, on and on ... (books & patterns too)
Many of these "designer" quilts only differ from another in the actual FABRICS used
How can ANOTHER churn dash or 9-patch variation etc be called an ORIGINAL design ???
What really constitutes a ORIGINAL quilt design today ??? :roll:
Aren't these considered to be in the public domain ???
EVERY magazine out there is today has ENDLESS variations of 9-patches, log cabins, churn dashes, stars, on and on ... (books & patterns too)
Many of these "designer" quilts only differ from another in the actual FABRICS used
How can ANOTHER churn dash or 9-patch variation etc be called an ORIGINAL design ???
What really constitutes a ORIGINAL quilt design today ??? :roll:
Sorry guys I just saw this feature :oops:
08-13-2010, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by garysgal
so now I have a question: What about those patterns that say you have permission to make up to 20 copies of the finished product. no kidding- I saw this in a magazine and wondered how in the world they would know how many I made? and if I made 21 instead of 20, what happens to me?? Anyone else seen this, and if so, what's the deal???
08-13-2010, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by POosterman
If everyone starts asking for permission, i bet they would get real sick of it pretty quick.
So, if a doctor takes your appendicts out and something goes very wrong, Do you sue the doctor or the guy that wrote the text book on how to perform an appendectomy?
Sheer and udder stupidity.
I know. Victorian quilts slapped my hand for offering to send someone a copy of a quilt pattern from a 1988 magazine.. So does that mean it's illegal to share your magazines with a friend? I guess I better put them under lock and key.
So, if a doctor takes your appendicts out and something goes very wrong, Do you sue the doctor or the guy that wrote the text book on how to perform an appendectomy?
Sheer and udder stupidity.
I know. Victorian quilts slapped my hand for offering to send someone a copy of a quilt pattern from a 1988 magazine.. So does that mean it's illegal to share your magazines with a friend? I guess I better put them under lock and key.
It's not anymore illegal to share a magazine with a friend any more then it is illegal to share a book or cd.
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