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11-26-2010, 04:03 PM
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Have you seen the statement in the current issue of Mccall Magazine. The statement says that any quilt can be made and exhibited with credit to designer. They say they are the first magazine to do this.
11-26-2010, 04:16 PM
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That came only after, in a previous issue, they stated you could not do any quilt from their mag and show it in a quilt show unless you had written permission from them. Guess they got a lot of letters and amended it to just giving credit so saying they are the first mag to do this may be true but wasn't just given from the goodness of their hearts it would seem.
11-27-2010, 03:49 AM
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Originally Posted by greensleeves
That came only after, in a previous issue, they stated you could not do any quilt from their mag and show it in a quilt show unless you had written permission from them. Guess they got a lot of letters and amended it to just giving credit so saying they are the first mag to do this may be true but wasn't just given from the goodness of their hearts it would seem.
11-27-2010, 04:28 AM
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I call this shoot themselves in the foot.
Sure, technically, legally, maybe even morally, it's a sue-able issue for magazines, et al, but let's face it, any publishing company or even fabric company is going to go bankrupt chasing after purchasers, who "infringe" upon "their " rights, for using the patterns and prints so available to the quilting industry in every format. There just aren't enough "quilt police," open court dates, or available judges to handle all the instances of this "infringement" in this country.
It seems plain silly to me to openly display and sell ones fabric line, patterns, quilts made, and shop displays to the public and then turn around and tell them they can't use those things for half the reasons they might be purchased. Back to shoot yourself in the foot......
Jan in VA
Sure, technically, legally, maybe even morally, it's a sue-able issue for magazines, et al, but let's face it, any publishing company or even fabric company is going to go bankrupt chasing after purchasers, who "infringe" upon "their " rights, for using the patterns and prints so available to the quilting industry in every format. There just aren't enough "quilt police," open court dates, or available judges to handle all the instances of this "infringement" in this country.
It seems plain silly to me to openly display and sell ones fabric line, patterns, quilts made, and shop displays to the public and then turn around and tell them they can't use those things for half the reasons they might be purchased. Back to shoot yourself in the foot......
Jan in VA
11-27-2010, 04:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Jan in VA
I call this shoot themselves in the foot.
Sure, technically, legally, maybe even morally, it's a sue-able issue for magazines, et al, but let's face it, any publishing company or even fabric company is going to go bankrupt chasing after purchasers, who "infringe" upon "their " rights, for using the patterns and prints so available to the quilting industry in every format. There just aren't enough "quilt police," open court dates, or available judges to handle all the instances of this "infringement" in this country.
It seems plain silly to me to openly display and sell ones fabric line, patterns, quilts made, and shop displays to the public and then turn around and tell them they can't use those things for half the reasons they might be purchased. Back to shoot yourself in the foot......
Jan in VA
Sure, technically, legally, maybe even morally, it's a sue-able issue for magazines, et al, but let's face it, any publishing company or even fabric company is going to go bankrupt chasing after purchasers, who "infringe" upon "their " rights, for using the patterns and prints so available to the quilting industry in every format. There just aren't enough "quilt police," open court dates, or available judges to handle all the instances of this "infringement" in this country.
It seems plain silly to me to openly display and sell ones fabric line, patterns, quilts made, and shop displays to the public and then turn around and tell them they can't use those things for half the reasons they might be purchased. Back to shoot yourself in the foot......
Jan in VA
11-27-2010, 06:42 AM
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McCall's had a very nice follow-up article that explained a lot of questions that some people raised after the initial article the riled up so many. They explained their position very clearly in it. I would recommend that anyone with questions check it out.
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