Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Holy Moly!
I was the most surprised today when I checked out my blog reading list and discovered that one of my projects is featured! Woo Hoo! Thank you, Dragonflymom at Crochet in Common! http://crochetincommon.blogspot.com/ Now I just have to figure out how to blog well enough to post my projects here. :D
Saturday, December 17, 2011
WIP (Work in Progress)
Since I kind of just went public with this blog by posting the link in my Ravelry profile, I decided I better warn everyone that this is a work in progress. I have not yet settled on the title for sure, nor have I posted much, and I still need to figure out more of this blogger stuff before I get it to really look like how I want. I also think I am on a computer that is too old to do some of the really cool stuff, so please bare with me as this blog morphs into something in the slow way a caterpillar turns into a butterfly.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Copyrights of Patterns
This has been really one of those things lately that has given me fits. I posted the information in one of my groups and I am sure it is going to cause a complete meltdown. Seems a lot of pattern designers just can't quite grasp the copyright info. So I am going to post the information here because no one will see it, but it will give me a peace of mind. Eventually someone might even see it.
http://www.tabberone.com/Trademarks/CopyrightLaw/Patterns.shtml Take a look at this link and hopefully it will be helpful to you. Here's a summary of the statement.
"Copyright in a work that portrays a useful article extends only to the artistic expression of the author of the pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work. It does not extend to the design of the article that is portrayed. For example, a drawing or photograph of an automobile or a dress design may be copyrighted, but that does not give the artist or photographer the exclusive right to make automobiles or dresses of the same design. "
So if you don't want anyone to sell what they make from your patterns, you have to *patent* the actual made item. You can't copyright a creation someone else made from your pattern, but you can copyright the pattern. No one has the right to sell the text of your pattern as their own without permission. Anyone has the right to sell what they make from your pattern. It's respectful to give credit to the designer.
'Nuf said.
http://www.tabberone.com/Trademarks/CopyrightLaw/Patterns.shtml Take a look at this link and hopefully it will be helpful to you. Here's a summary of the statement.
"Copyright in a work that portrays a useful article extends only to the artistic expression of the author of the pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work. It does not extend to the design of the article that is portrayed. For example, a drawing or photograph of an automobile or a dress design may be copyrighted, but that does not give the artist or photographer the exclusive right to make automobiles or dresses of the same design. "
So if you don't want anyone to sell what they make from your patterns, you have to *patent* the actual made item. You can't copyright a creation someone else made from your pattern, but you can copyright the pattern. No one has the right to sell the text of your pattern as their own without permission. Anyone has the right to sell what they make from your pattern. It's respectful to give credit to the designer.
'Nuf said.
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