>>>Steph wrote: A completed piece of lace is a 'derivative work' from the pricking, and is subject to just the same copyright limitations as a straight copy of the pricking.<<<
>>>Bev added: if a pricking is published with the intent that a reader would use it to produce a piece of lace, then the designer would not own copyright to the resulting piece....the pattern, yes, the lace itself no....I think posting a picture of your lace made from someone else's design, on the web, is not violating copyright. <<< I suspect this one would have to go to court to be decided. Yes, "How To" books are meant to be used, and it's really their designs, instructions and diagrams that they're copyrighting. However, the case can probably be made that they intended the patterns and their derivatives (the finished lace or bookcase or whatever) to be "for personal use" and not for publishing by the people who made things from the book. Robin P. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.pittsburghlace.8m.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
