[Woodcarver] copyright (Another question)

[Philip McRae]

You can say anything you want about your 'rights' when it comes to 
protecting your property, but.  When a Chinese national comes to your 
display booth and pulls out a tape measure, and talking into a cell 
phone, getting excited as all can be, begins to copy your product, your 
rights are out the  window.  I've had it happen to me, and know several 
others put out of business because of the flood of southeast asia knockoffs.
I asked them to leave my booth, they don't speak english, and left when 
they had a good picture.  I didn't even get them to buy one.  I'm 
waiting for next year's show circuit to see how cheap my hard work is 
valued.

If you can't come up with an idea and flesh it out yourself, then don't 
even start  Your a 'wanna be'.
If you work your best, at any skill level, _anyone_ can consider 
themselves a craftsmen.  When giving less, taking a short cut, hedging,  
copying, shows a lack of respect to other workers who do not 'fudge'.  I 
take pride in my craft, am not to financially successful at it, but no 
one can discount the quality of labor involved.  People tell us to take 
pride out of our lives, well, I for one am/_ PROUD_/ of my work.

Am not sorry for going on like this,
Phil

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