[Woodcarver] copyright rules etc.

[Marcia Berkall]

The Gov't web page on copyright at http://www.copyright.gov/  has 
some pretty clear definitions of "derivatives" and other aspects of 
copyright.  I just didn't paste it all here. Most states also have an 
organization called "Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts" where you can 
also get some good information at little or no cost.  In recent 
years, copyright law has made some huge strides intended to protect 
the artist more than ever.  IMHO, by avoiding copying, or at least by 
asking for permission from the original artist, there will be no need 
to worry about the law. Unfortunately there will always be people who 
feel for one reason or another that it is alright to copy someone 
else's work.

Byron, I'm not quite sure how you meant that reference to my work. :)

Marcia (aka Mush)

Byron said:

>There's a lot more to law than reading the statutes.   Copywrite 

>laws, at least from my observation, require a lot of knowledge of 

>court actions to fully understand the law, and how it's interpreted 

>and implemented.   Note that in Mush's quote there's no mention of 

>the definination of  "new version" or how it relates to media or how 

>dissimilar do a work have to be.  Those are the things that the 

>courts decide and without knowledge of what the courts have done 

>it's really hard to make an interpretation.

> From my observations of carving publications I contend that there's 

> very little in the carving world that's not copied from something 

> else, including Mush's works.   Not trying to offend, just pointing 

> out that it's very difficult to determine what is a copywrite 

> violation and what isn't.

>Byron


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