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Posted by DA on July 29, 2009, 10:43 am
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> Oh there are some pattern designers who will sue people who distribute
> their knitting patterns elsewhere, even for free. There are huge threads
> on copyrights on some of the web based forums too.
> sue
Basic rule of protecting anything, don't upload it. Fair use rules vary from
country to country as do copyright laws.
DA
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Posted by suzee on July 29, 2009, 11:30 am
DA wrote:
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>> Oh there are some pattern designers who will sue people who distribute
>> their knitting patterns elsewhere, even for free. There are huge
>> threads on copyrights on some of the web based forums too.
>> sue
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> Basic rule of protecting anything, don't upload it. Fair use rules vary
> from country to country as do copyright laws.
> DA
I'm a moderator on one of the forums and we have to remind people not to
copy the entire pattern into their posts to ask for help. They say 'but
it's free!', however the site owners can get into trouble with the
original site it was published on if there was no permission granted.
sue
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Posted by suzee on July 29, 2009, 10:10 am
Samatha Hill -- take out TRASH to reply wrote:
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> Murielle wrote:
>> I got up this morning intending to look up the magazine on the
>> interent and email them explaining what I'd done, and apologizing.
>> However, I've discovered that the magazine is listed as defunct in
>> Wikipedia. I'm not sure what that means in this case. But better
>> safe than sorry, right?
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> IIRC, the copyright is still valid for 30-some-odd years from the
> original date, and it can be renewed for another 30-some-odd if the
> original copyright holder does it.
Or the copyright may have reverted to the designer when the magazine folded.
sue
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Posted by Samatha Hill -- take out TRASH on July 29, 2009, 10:41 am
suzee wrote:
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>> IIRC, the copyright is still valid for 30-some-odd years from the
>> original date, and it can be renewed for another 30-some-odd if the
>> original copyright holder does it.
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> Or the copyright may have reverted to the designer when the magazine
> folded.
That doesn't mean that the original copyright still doesn't last for
30-something years, right?
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Posted by suzee on July 29, 2009, 11:29 am
Samatha Hill -- take out TRASH to reply wrote:
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> suzee wrote:
>>> IIRC, the copyright is still valid for 30-some-odd years from the
>>> original date, and it can be renewed for another 30-some-odd if the
>>> original copyright holder does it.
>> Or the copyright may have reverted to the designer when the magazine
>> folded.
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> That doesn't mean that the original copyright still doesn't last for
> 30-something years, right?
Right, it's even longer....
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> their knitting patterns elsewhere, even for free. There are huge threads
> on copyrights on some of the web based forums too.
> sue