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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<br>
There is such a thing called a "derivative work" The
following is a direct quote from the US gov't page on copyright:
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<dd><h2><b>"<a name="who"></a>Who May Prepare a Derivative
Work?</b></h2>
<dd>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." <br><br>
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</dl>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<br><br>
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<br><br>
Copyright information at
<a href="http://www.copyright.gov/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.copyright.gov/</a><br><br>
Marcia (aka Mush)<br><br>
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Mart<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><i>Marty
said:</i></blockquote><br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">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.<br><br>
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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.<br><br>
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2. Selling someone else's pattern - now that's a problem!<br><br>
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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.<br><br>
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Marty<br><br>
<a href="http://www.MyChipCarving.com">www.MyChipCarving.com</a><br><br>
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--- On <b>Thu, 6/19/08, larry <i><redcougar@mchsi.com></i></b>
wrote:<br>
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<dd>From: larry <redcougar@mchsi.com><br>
<dd>Subject: [Woodcarver] copyright rules etc.<br>
<dd>To: Woodcarver@six.pairlist.net<br>
<dd>Date: Thursday, June 19, 2008, 1:28 PM<br><br>
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<dd><pre>Gentle Subscribers :-) Please support our List with a donation:
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<dd>Dear list members,
<dd>I belong to a small carving club in rural North Carolina.We recently
<dd>began talking about selling carvings.
<dd>Most of us being new at this, we talked about what you could and
could
<dd>not legally sell. Most of us have purchased rough outs with
instructions
<dd>from time to time. All of us have copied free patterns from the
<dd>internet. All of us have made carvings from patterns and instructions
<dd>found in the carving magazines we purchase.
<dd>Morally and probably legally? we need to give credit for rough out
<dd>and/or pattern, but the question which we really have is:
<dd>What can a person legally sell in a show or at a craft fair or in an
art
<dd>gallery as a conscientious, wood carver concerned about
the state of
<dd>the art?
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Thank you in advance for your replies, and as I have learned
<dd>, Keep Them Sharp,
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<dd>Larry,
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<dd>Rocky Hock, N.C.
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