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<DIV> Well Marcia I did get a smacked wrist from the moderator. As a great granddad I feel a bit silly standing in the corner with a Dunce's cap on .</DIV>
<DIV>My crime? Embarrassing those who sell books with rotten patterns.</DIV>
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<DIV> Still we Scots who prove to be unruly used to be sent to the colonies, Canada is out, maybe New Zealand?</DIV>
<DIV>Rgds</DIV>
<DIV>John</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>From:</B></I> <A href="mailto:whitwood@fairpoint.net">Marcia Berkall</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>Date:</B></I> 21/06/2008 17:52:27</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mailto:woodcarver@six.pairlist.net">\[Woodcarver\]</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>Subject:</B></I> Re: [Woodcarver] copyright laws</DIV></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>John,<BR><BR>If you are looking to get "shot down in flames" it won't be by me. I have no idea what Scottish copyright law involves. I see no problem at all in your using the originals. For one thing, they are likely WAYYYY past copyright term, IF (big IF) they ever were copyrighted to begin with. If they are that old, then I think we can safely assume that they were not copyrighted and that there is no real original authorship on record. I am guessing that that is how it is possible to recreate and compile them in book form that would be copyrighted. <BR>As for being a professional....well, we all started as beginners!!! Glad to have you among us and I hope you enjoy the journey!!<BR>Marcia (aka Mush)<BR><BR>At 07:45 AM 6/21/2008, you wrote:<BR>
<DIV class=cite cite="" type="cite">Gentle Subscribers :-) Please support our List with a donation: <A href="http://wwwoodcarver.com/WWWList/WWWList.html" eudora="autourl">http://wwwoodcarver.com/WWWList/WWWList.html</A><BR><BR><BR>Marcia, I know I'm going to get shot down in flames for this but I'm saying this because I believe. <BR>I see copyrighted designs that are based on designs almost 2,000 years old. Pictish, Celtic whatever. For what its worth I'll use the originals , the ones carved on stones over much of Scotland, when and if I choose. Originals? Can any of us in all honest create an original design? I have my doubts. If a triangle is used , a circle a zig zag, then the patterns originality - to me- is iffy. <BR> <BR> I recently paid for a book of patterns, only to find they were not geometrically accurate. When I contacted the author she advised me that these were only meant as guides and were made before CAD. I've no problem with that but the time I wasted blaming myself of an error could have been better spent.<BR>As a beginner I realise others maybe professionals trying to make a living . In no way am I dismissing the time and skill they need rewarded for.<BR>Rgds<BR>John Archibald<BR>Glenrothes.<BR>Scotland<BR> <FONT color=#010158></FONT></DIV><X-SIGSEP>
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