[Woodcarver] copyright rules etc.

[Marcia Berkall]

I am not a lawyer, but I do design my own carvings. I have also spent 
a lot of time reading and trying to understand copyright law...and 
that's not easy LOL
There is such a thing called a "derivative work"  The following is a 
direct quote from the US gov't page on copyright:

"Who May Prepare a Derivative Work?

Only the owner of copyright in a work has the right to prepare, or to 
authorize someone else to create, a new version of that work. The 
owner is generally the author or someone who has obtained rights from 
the author."

I don't use other peoples' designs, but if I were going to, 
especially if I were to sell carvings made from them, I would 
definitely check with the original designer before making copies"  IMHO

By the way, a work of art automatically carries an implied copyright, 
so any time you copy one without the artists' permission, it is 
technically an infringement

Copyright information at http://www.copyright.gov/

Marcia (aka Mush)



Mart




>Marty said:




>I've been a school teacher for a long time and the copyright issue 

>comes up regularly. I'm no expert but here's my take on the 

>questions you're asking.

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>1. Selling your own work carved from someone else's pattern should 

>not be any problem, legally or morally. It's your work, afterall, 

>even if you looked at or worked from a pattern not your own. You are 

>not selling something that is not your own.

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>2. Selling someone else's pattern - now that's a problem!

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>I expect people to use the free chip carving patterns I give away. 

>If they sell their finished chip carving to someone else, good for 

>them. Don't go selling the pattern I gave away, but sell all your 

>own chip carvings as much as you'd like.

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>Marty

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>--- On Thu, 6/19/08, larry <redcougar at mchsi.com> wrote:

>From: larry <redcougar at mchsi.com>

>Subject: [Woodcarver] copyright rules etc.

>To: Woodcarver at six.pairlist.net

>Date: Thursday, June 19, 2008, 1:28 PM

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>Dear list members,

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>I belong to a small carving club in rural North Carolina.We recently

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>began talking about selling carvings.

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>Most of us being new at this, we talked about what you could and could

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>not legally sell. Most of us have purchased rough outs with instructions

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>from time to time. All of us have copied free patterns from the

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>internet. All of us have made carvings from patterns and instructions

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>found in the carving magazines we purchase.

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>Morally and probably legally? we need to give credit for rough out

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>and/or pattern, but the question which we really have is:

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>What can a person legally sell in a show or at a craft fair or in an art

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>gallery as a conscientious,  wood carver concerned about the  state of

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>the art?

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>             Thank you in advance for your replies, and as I have learned

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>, Keep Them Sharp,

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>Larry,

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>Rocky Hock, N.C.

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