On 12/5/08 1:01 PM, "Dawne Peterson" wrote:


"Cheryl Isaak" wrote
I've seen that before - should have thought to send it along myself.


But - what about the stitch diagrams? Are those part of the copyright?

Cheryl

My understanding is that you cannot claim intellectual property rights in
the way a stitch is done, but a diagram is a work of an individual, and so
that person can claim intellectual property rights in that depiction. You
can't claim to have rights over the French knot, which has been done by many
people for a long time, but you could copyright your written instructions or
your illustration of how it is done. If they are in a book or chart, the
copyright of the publication would extend to them.

Dawne


Well put, Dawne. That's exactly what I was taught, and what has been
published to the trade asso. Members - at least TNNA did one some years ago
for the designers (full members). There are some well known designers that
are particularly picky about their diagrams - and they should be. It takes
a fair amount of work to do a nice diagram - beyond what a charting program
just pops up.


Ellice