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by dquelhas
Tue Sep 03, 2013 10:43 am
Forum: Copyright Law
Topic: Digital sale of patterns in books/ebooks. Is it legal?
Replies: 3
Views: 8833

Many thanks!

Hi Andy,

your explanation was so useful and clear! Thank you for advising me to keep out of trouble. I guess I really would be in trouble.

The DfX files are to be used with cutter printers (instead of printing patterns with ink, cuts out the patterns in the paper) and there are not many files ...
by dquelhas
Mon Sep 02, 2013 11:20 am
Forum: Copyright Law
Topic: Digital sale of patterns in books/ebooks. Is it legal?
Replies: 3
Views: 8833

Digital sale of patterns in books/ebooks. Is it legal?

Hi there, I want to offer an online service to trace patterns from existing pattern books into a specific file type. If the pattern doesn't exist, I'll remap it, if I have already remapped it, the user can download it automatically.

My apologies in advance for asking people to search for stuff on ...
by dquelhas
Thu Aug 29, 2013 2:10 pm
Forum: Copyright Basics
Topic: How can a man who died in the 1870s still be in copyright?
Replies: 6
Views: 14441

Does the 70 year rule apply to all written copy?

This is really interesting. Does this mean I can type any old book (over 70 years old) and re-publish it? Is this an international law? Is it applicable to the UK?

Sorry for the amount of questions, I just started trying to learn a bit of copyright :)
by dquelhas
Thu Aug 29, 2013 2:03 pm
Forum: Copyright Basics
Topic: Photographs of Paintings
Replies: 4
Views: 11193

What if there was no consent?

So what would happen if you just saw a painting you liked and take a picture and the artist was not there? Say for example, a street artist? In the UK :D