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Posted by snicklefritz on September 16, 2006, 2:59 pm
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>
>These links are to a series of two articles (so far) by InfoWorld
>columnist Ed Foster regarding the Embroidery Software Protection
>Coalition (ESPC) and their actions against EBay, embroidery design
>purchasers, and sellers who have violated trademark and copyright law.
>
>In the first, dated Sept. 11, he describes some of the ESPC actions as
>an apparent "Shakedown Scheme", and takes issue with both their
>methods and their legal basis. But in reading this, remember that he
>is NOT a lawyer.
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>http://tinyurl.com/jxzyy
>http://weblog.infoworld.com/gripeline/archives/2006/09/embroidering_on.html?source=NLC-GRIPE2006-09-12?source=NLC-GRIPE2006-09-12
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>The second article, dated Sept. 12, concentrates on what level of
>responsibility should be placed on EBay and Paypal regarding the
>marketing of protected materials and the amount of privacy protection
>that they can/should provide to their sellers and buyers.
>
>http://tinyurl.com/hcrrk
>http://weblog.infoworld.com/gripeline/archives/2006/09/embroidery_pira.html?source=NLC-GRIPE2006-09-12?source=NLC-GRIPE2006-09-12
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>All good reading material.
>
> - Herb
Hamfisted tactics aside,
I've never understood how ANYONE can make money off digitizing and
selling designs.....when one googles for machine embroidery designs,
it comes back with from 5 to 7 million hits. Many of them with
absolutely beautiful, free samples!
From the small home digitizer to Pfaff, Bernina etc ..........the
market is flooded!!!! Then there are those (me, being a notable
exception) who do beautiful work with their home digitizing programs
and some clip art.
It seems like the business will probably go the way of the local
print shop/photo developers....technology and the prices they must
charge for their product will result in just a few of the "big boys"
able to do it. The Wal Mart mentality will prevail.
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