What I did with Harrys Paua

Per your statement that "....I do think we all need to be very careful that the descriptions of what we sell be as accurate as possible", I also think that accuracy dictates that an accurate description of components, listed along with sterling beads and lampwork by Xxxxx, and precious or semi-precious stones, should include Swarovski crystals.

And as far as lampwork in an inferior work goes, someone might choose to buy that piece to disassemble for the lampwork, crystals or silver. Which is cool too.

Tina

"Karleen/Vibrant Jewels" wrote ...

This is interesting... so Swarovski is claiming that their copyright extends so far as to prohibit buyers from identifying *components* in finished pieces as having originated from Swarovski?

I'm no copyright lawyer, but as far as I am aware, *unless* the buyer is bound by a contract, they have every legal right to correctly identify every single component in their finished piece by manufacturer name. I'd like to hear a legal expert weigh in on this.

-Kalera

vj wrote:

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Kalera Stratton :

]This is interesting... so Swarovski is claiming that their copyright ]extends so far as to prohibit buyers from identifying *components* in ]finished pieces as having originated from Swarovski? ] ]I'm no copyright lawyer, but as far as I am aware, *unless* the buyer is ] bound by a contract, they have every legal right to correctly identify ]every single component in their finished piece by manufacturer name. I'd ]like to hear a legal expert weigh in on this.

that's what it says. i don't think it would hold up in a US court, but IANAL! especially since there are so many vendors identifying them by name, too. how else are my customers going to know what kind of "Austrian" crystal my things are made from?

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