I a, looking at this discussions about Copy Right and it realy should have been called No Copy Right ,,,,or Copy Is Unright or copying is wrong ,,,,, just a pondering ..... mirjam
Funny name Copy Right ??? because it really means ...
Jul 16, 2007
6 Replies
"Copyright" = "the right to copy"
You're right, it's not wrong. You can legally sell, lend, give away, throw away, burn, fold, spindle, or mutilate the ORIGINAL pattern. The only thing you may not do is make a copy. (I'm not talking about working copies which are for your own use while you keep the original.)
I doubt this would be considered a copyright violation either as long as you weren't selling the item.
Basic US Copyright law, in comic book format!
This is from the Center for the Study of Public Domain at Duke University law school... both cute and well done. It's also about the only readable discussion of DCMA I know of.
formatting link
's available online for free:
formatting link
There are some interesting "really different copyright agreements" out, too. The general idea is called "copyleft" and came out of what became the Free Software and Open Software movements (Linux users are probably familiar with GNU GPL licenses) There are the 6 Creative Commons licenses:
formatting link
which are designed to retaincopyright to the originator, but to allow certain specific uses by otherpeople that are being fairly often used.There's a pretty good writeup on "copyleft" on wikipedia:
formatting link
No, it's an idiosyncracy of the English language that the word "right" means (a) direction, (b) the state of being correct or not, and (c) something that one believes he/she is entitled to. In this case, the "right" is definition C.
No, that is not wrong by any stretch of the imagination.
If it is a gift that you personally made for someone, I think that is covered.
If it is somethign that you are making in bulk and donating for charity, you do have to go back to the designer and ask permission to use their pattern.
What I don't get is why with all the free patterns out there, people still have to go make illegal copies of commercial ones.
Join the Discussion
Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.
Didn't find your answer?
Ask the community — no account required