{"id":3357,"date":"2015-05-30T20:48:46","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T00:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nobo.kk1x.net\/?p=3357"},"modified":"2015-05-30T20:48:46","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T00:48:46","slug":"discussion-on-copyright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobohandweavers.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/30\/discussion-on-copyright\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion on Copyright"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the May meeting there was some concern that members were not submitting pieces for the NEWs awards. I am acutely aware of the writings by a frequent contributor and Handwoven Staff member <\/em><\/span>about articles submitted for shows and how they are blatant copies<\/strong><\/em> of designs posted in magazines. When I reviewed the NEW’s requirements, I read the same message with a ban on “receipe” based designs. All it takes is for a judge to share the same opinion and virtually all pieces are eligible to be thrown out as copies or violating someone’s copyright.<\/p>\n

I am not faulting NoBo or the senior members, Margaret has encouraged me to submit items I have woven. Submitting any article opens up the very real<\/strong> possibility of the article being thrown out as a copy or close modification of some thing already published. I am not prepared to take that risk. My latest designs are from scratch but the weave structures are common techniques, shadow weave and twill. I have not done an extensive search of the literature to ensure I am not violating someone’s design who can then cry foul that in some previous publication a close facsimilie of the design was featured.<\/p>\n

I will happily present our work for the memories section, both our memories are unique and the inspiration of the wave design was completely derived from my past.<\/p>\n

I work in a world of patents and copyright, I have seen what happens when patents and copyright are supposedly violated. For me, weaving is something I enjoy doing and I will continue to weave items. I am not prepared to have an article scrutinsed for copyright violation or as was stated in Handwoven, he changed a thread here and there but the aricle is identical to one in Handwoven xyz which is a blatant violation of copyright and should never have been submitted.<\/em> Hand weaving is an ancient art and it takes skill to weave an article with high quality but that is not enough for NEWs, it has to be unique<\/strong><\/em> which, given the history of weaving, is virtually impossible. In my work world we conduct extensive<\/strong> literature searches to ensure we are not violating patents and copyrights, I neither have the resources nor the time to perform a rigorous search of the literature to guarantee that my designs are unique.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is why I am unwilling to present pieces for the NEWs Gallery Show. Comments<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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