Re: [lace] Ethics and the internet

2014-04-21 Thread Joy Beeson
Legally, Heaven only knows. There's probably a law against crossing the street. Morally, if you give as much provenance as you've got, and state that it's incomplete and open to correction, that's all any reasonable person could expect. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http:

Re: [lace] Ethics and the internet

2014-04-21 Thread lynrbailey
Dear Brian, as we all on Arachne know, the copyright rules are different in each country. It seems to me you can avoid a lot of problems by acknowledging the problem on the website, asking permission to post any copyrighted pictures, and expressing a willingness to delete any photos as the copy

Re: [lace] Ethics and the internet

2014-04-21 Thread J D Hammett
Hi Brian and fellow Arachnids, A very good idea. I would certainly take photos of my continental bobbins and let you have them with what info I have. Hope you have all found some time to make lace this Easter. Happy lace making, Joepie, sunny East Sussex, UK -Original Message- Fro

[lace] Ethics and the internet

2014-04-20 Thread Brian Lemin
You will know that I am passionate about lace bobbins. I started with the East Midland genre, then moved on to East Devon bobbins and for some years i have been urged to turn my mind to the bobbins of the “European” continent. Over the years some people have kindly sent me some bobbins either