I agree with Barbara, re selling original patterns. I almost always make a copy of the pricking I want to work - rather than remove it from a book or from a set of prickings. But once I've worked my lace, I *could* destroy the copy I used and sell the original book or set without violating copyright. That is usually an academic point for me, because if I liked it enough to work it, I'm going to keep the original book or folio!! But I have bought many lace books on eBay which I suspect had patterns which had been worked by the original owner. This is particularly true when the book is being sold as part of an estate - where we have no idea how much of the material had been worked.
Here's another dimension on the copyright issue, one which we've explored in the past. I don't remember the concensus, because it was "over my head" at the time!! If you have a published pattern with pricking and diagram, and you use a significant portion of that pattern to create a new pattern, is that new pattern your own work, or is it still considered the work of the original creator of the pattern? By "significant", I mean that elements relate to other elements in the same way, and that the result immediately brings to mind the orginal design (assuming you have seen it.) How much do you need to change or modify the "part" you use in order to call it your own? Do you need to ask the person who created the original design for permission, or is it sufficient to attribute your work by saying, "after a pattern by...". Or do you need to do either of the above? Just curious. Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
