tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231521668348400038.post3146020010662206172..comments2017-08-22T21:15:06.267-07:00Comments on CopyKnit: Licensing and KnittingEvelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03741685768249974860noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231521668348400038.post-26536237084458372312017-08-22T21:15:06.267-07:002017-08-22T21:15:06.267-07:00If you are in the US, and if it's a pattern fo...If you are in the US, and if it's a pattern for clothing, and if there is no separable or conceptually separable image involved, then it is my considered opinion (I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice) that the designer does not have any Intellectual Property in the physical item, and thus ha no say in what you do with the items you make with your own two hands using your own materials. S/he owns the instructions. Once s/he sells or gives you the instructions, there is no more control over what you do with the *product* of those instructions, any more than the author of a book teaching you how to cut hair or decorate cakes then owns some rights in the haircuts you do or the cakes you decorate. Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741685768249974860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231521668348400038.post-64454384698784104422017-08-22T18:05:27.836-07:002017-08-22T18:05:27.836-07:00If the pattern states "not to be used commerc...If the pattern states "not to be used commercially" does that prevent the use of the pattern for making goods to be sold? Thank you!Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01938714318431255086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231521668348400038.post-4787883836316900472014-02-23T17:38:51.311-08:002014-02-23T17:38:51.311-08:00Late to the game here, but to respond to the post ...Late to the game here, but to respond to the post above--a pattern (ie set of instructions) only needs to be "an original work of authorship," as does every written work. It does not need to be searched to determine whether anyone else has ever made a similar (or even identical) object before. As long as the designer is honestly stating that she wrote the instructions herself, then the pattern is copyrighted. If your great grandmother made the same thing 100 years ago, it doesn't matter. If we were talking about patents, the answer would be different. But if I set out tonight to design a baby hat, as long as I do it myself, it doesn't matter if your grandmother also came up with the same design 100 years ago. That's because it's not ever the hat that is copyrighted--it's the instructions, and unless I literally copy the instructions word for word, I am not infringing on anyone else's copyright. Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741685768249974860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231521668348400038.post-30379601162624162262013-04-11T23:48:12.651-07:002013-04-11T23:48:12.651-07:00In regards to "the pattern itself" - how...In regards to "the pattern itself" - how does the knitter know that their pattern design is original, how do they claim it as their own? Maybe my great grandmother used the same pattern 100 years ago. Very grey area.a field of dreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11659800536648397033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231521668348400038.post-81294773795747952372011-03-23T19:07:33.400-07:002011-03-23T19:07:33.400-07:00I love your blog!! It's like talking to a wall...I love your blog!! It's like talking to a wall, though, isn't it?Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919406618331269851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231521668348400038.post-34578793838371948312011-03-16T18:05:31.959-07:002011-03-16T18:05:31.959-07:00Thank you for this blog.Thank you for this blog.Beadknitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13380412691775978255noreply@blogger.com