> If making items for money raising is against copyright, then woe be tide to
> all those who purchase Family Circle magazine and the like for putting
> patterns in their magazine for just that purpose.
Well, if they actually say they're for that purpose, that's clearly OK, but
otherwise I don't think it matters whether the profits are going to charity or
to you. However, if you ask the publisher about it, they may let you do it for
charity.
> What if I bought yards and yards of fabric and made quilts to sell for the
> hospital bazaar. The fabric was actually printed panels. I guess selling
> them would be copyright.
No, it wouldn't, since you bought them. You're pretty definitely allowed to
sell anything you buy. Now if you had your own fabric printing machine (or
however it's done), and made some of your own fabric with the same design and
then sold it, that would be breach of copyright.
> How silly it would be for a lawyer to send a
> letter to the volunteer office at the hospital telling us to cease and
> desist selling the quilts to raise money to help save lives.
You don't know how evil typical companies can be... They'll sue people and not
care.
> I wouldn't worry about it. Look at ebay. There are lots of pillows and the
> like being sold with Disney and other copyrighted items made into items that
> people have made and are selling.
But did they personally print the designs on the fabric or whatever, or did they
buy them?
Also, especially given the recent lace CD problem, I don't think eBay sellers
can be given as a good example of what is OK under copyright law...
> This copyright issue comes up so often, it makes my head spin. It gets
> people so terrified to do anything and I think that's just ridiculous. Of
> course there's the stealers, but I would bet 99% of us are not out to rip
> off other's work, and I don't know anyone here who's become a millionaire
> making lace.
True. I strongly doubt anyone's been sued over lace copyright in the last 50
years or so, but since this is such a small community, people know what others
are doing and will become annoyed if they don't like it. I remember at least
one long thread about someone stealing designs on Arachne.
Weronika
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Weronika Patena
Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA
http://vole.stanford.edu/weronika
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