Re: [lace-chat] Copyright questions

2007-04-18 Thread Joy Beeson
On 4/17/07 3:46 AM, Jean Nathan wrote: The V A requires permission to reproduce any postcards you buy from them, so unless they already have permission from a copyright owner, I presume they own the copyright on any paintings they have bought or had donated to them. You can own copyright on

[lace-chat] Copyright questions

2007-04-17 Thread Jean Nathan
In an edtion of the 'Antiques Roadshow, the owner of a small Kate Greenaway painting said she had had Christmas cards made from it. The expert wasn't worried by this, and they usually put people right if they are doing something illegal - the person was an expert on paintings. From this I

Re: [lace-chat] Copyright questions

2007-04-17 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Jean The V A requires permission to reproduce any postcards you buy from them, so unless they already have permission from a copyright owner, I presume they own the copyright on any paintings they have bought or had donated to them. That's because they own the photograph rather than

[lace-chat] Copyright

2007-04-17 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello everyone I've just found this with Google: http://painting.about.com/cs/artistscopyright/f/copyrightfaq15.htm not sure if it's British or American, but it does state that copyright remains with the artist when a picture is sold, unless agreed otherwise. This website

[lace-chat] copyright

2004-08-30 Thread Tatdlace
On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 01:25:25 EDT Liz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now here is a thought, I've been blogging and putting pictures of the lace that I'm making on my blog - am I infrindging copyright - yes I possibly am - This is a discussion that frequently comes up on the tatting list as one

Re: [lace-chat] Copyright - my two penn'th

2004-08-28 Thread Steph Peters
On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 01:25:25 EDT, Liz wrote: It isn't something that we can police because let's face it, how do you remember who you've sold patterns to when you see them at a lace day - perhaps it was bought by a friend as a present - I've had that happen when I've given someone a lift to a

Re: [lace-chat] Copyright - my two penn'th

2004-08-28 Thread Thelacebee
Here's another thing on Copyright - I've been doing what we call Lace Porn this afternoon - looking at all the lovely sites and all the things I would like to own at some time. Then I thought I'd have a flick through ebay and found quite a few pieces of lace on there for sale (and I only

Re: [lace-chat] Copyright - my two penn'th

2004-08-28 Thread Thelacebee
In a message dated 28/08/2004 18:52:09 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: By the way, did you know that in the UK you aren't supposed to 'charge' someone petrol money to take them somewhere - that makes you a taxi and gives issue with your insurance but they can offer to fill

[lace-chat] Copyright - my two penn'th

2004-08-27 Thread Brenda Paternoster
My understanding of copyright is that you are not permitted to *reproduce* something which is in copyright without permission. In UK, if you own a book, you are allowed to make copies for your own personal use, which means that if the book shows a short length of lace pattern you can make

Re: [lace-chat] Copyright - my two penn'th

2004-08-27 Thread Thelacebee
In a message dated 27/08/2004 23:32:56 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I also know that a lot of people will share patterns - 'we'll buy one each and make copies'. Whilst that's illegal it's hardly worth making a fuss about. Only if I saw someone selling my patterns without

[lace-chat] Copyright

2004-08-26 Thread Jean Peach
For sometime my DH and I have been tracing letters that are in many universities in the UK, such as Edinburgh, Oxford and Cambridge, these are just a few. Now these letters, some were written by DH great grandfather or written to him by famous people. So far we have not been allowed to see these