[Woodcarver] Re: Copyights

[Megargee at aol.com]

   In the real world, however, copyright infringement goes on all the time. 
My father, S. Edwin Megargee (1883-1958)  was a noted artist specializing in 
domestic animals such as horses and dogs. Copies of his paintings appear on all 
sorts of things such as playing cards, greeting cards, place mats etc. People 
buy his books on eBay, tear out or copy the illustrations, mat, frame, and 
sell them. There is one company that makes ceramic tiles featuring his paintings 
and another that uses them on jewelry. Log on to eBay, do a  search on "Edwin 
Megargee" and you will see numerous examples. During his lifetime he never got 
a nickle for these rip offs and neither has his estate.  As an artist he did 
not have the funds to hire expensive attorneys; he was advised that if they 
could produce one print lacking the "co" copyright mark they could get away with 
it. 
      Edwin I. (Ned) Megargee 
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