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Copyright and stealing (ON topic)
Howdy!
In this case, Karen is an attorney. ;-) Remember her as Karen Johnson? Regular poster to RCTQ in the past; we made a hug for her/her husband a few years ago when he was so ill; she took some time out to recover and rearrange her life. Karen, newlywed that she is, is hanging out on the Baseball Swap with us (fabulous 2005 block she printed for all the swappers!). Seems that w/ most of the copyright issues, the person who is intending to cheat knows it, does it anyway, and then whines about not knowing &/or gets very defensive. No sympathy here. As others have said, when in doubt, just ask the original designer. And in all things, give credit where due. Meanwhile, the only stealing going on around here is from the Stash Grabbers and the Chocolate Fiends! ;-D Cheers! Ragmop/Sandy--enjoying the heck out of autumn in n.Tx. "SNIGDIBBLY" wrote in message news:S4N7f.11921$v_5.2183@dukeread07... loL!! Way to go GF!! "I'm an attorney" is one of the biggest cons around. Just saying it - don't make it so. Also most state laws are on the web for anyone to read. -- http://community.webshots.com/user/snigdibbly SNIGDIBBLY ~e~ " / \ http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/snigdibbly. http://www.ebaystores.com/snigdibbly...ox&refid=store "Tina" wrote in message ups.com... I don't depend on my husband (the graphic artist and photographer), my friends or my internet acquaintances for legal advice. I have my own lawyer, my husband has his own copyright lawyer and we pay our bill. Thanks for the advice though, Tina |
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Danny Kaye Court Jester (Was: Copyright and stealing (ON topic)
Debi Matlack wrote:
'The vessel with the pestle holds the potion that is poison, the flagon with the dragon holds the brew that is true....' Love, LOVE that movie... "Get it? Got it? Good!" liz young in drizzly california |
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Copyright and stealing (ON topic)
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:08:05 GMT, "Kathy Applebaum"
wrote: I've been rather bothered over the last few days by the posts indirectly addressing copyright issues here. This is a subject that's been hashed over many times before, and not a lot that's new is ever added to this debate. Still, I feel I need to vent. I've seen several posts advocating the position that it's okay to use copyrighted images or patterns without permission because the designer "should" share with everyone. What I don't get is why permission isn't asked. It's really not that hard to write a simple email. I've asked for permission numerous times, and only been turned down once. (That one time was funny in retrospect, because the design was not particularly original.) Most designers I've talked to are incredibly generous and very flattered that someone would ask. That's the important part: asking. If my neighbor wanted to use my lawn mower, I'd let her borrow it in a heartbeat. But I'd be mighty ticked if I found she had gone into my garage and used it without asking first, as would most of you. Our very own Dr. Quilter is upset because someone went into her house without asking, and rightly so. Many of you know that I'm always happy to spend time answering questions about quilting and longarming. I'm glad to share what I've spent many hours learning because I'm grateful that others were willing to share with me. But I've also had aspiring longarmers call up, posing as potential customers, and try to take my knowledge on the sly. Believe me, that's a VERY unpleasant feeling, especially when I would have been willing to help them out if they'd been honest. Yes, there are times when it's not easy to ask for permission. But there's a real human being on the other side of the equation, who has real feelings, and could feel hurt if someone takes something without permission just because it's inconvenient to ask. Doing the right thing isn't always convenient, but it's still important. Okay, I'm off the soapbox now. You can safely read the newsgroup again. http://archives.cnn.com/2000/TECH/co...3/stitch.reut/ Interesting article. -- Jo in Scotland |
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