Knock-off legalities?

Ahhh, Thank you. Now, there is my answer. And I will be sure to give
all of you AND the designer credit (just to be sure I cover my bases).
You people really know your stuff. Thanks for taking the time to
share.
Joy

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pamless (SewStorm) writes:

Plagiarism isn't illegal (only copyright infringement), so it
really doesn't make a difference.

Au contraire, it most certainly IS illegal.

No, it's not. Some forms of plagiarism are also copyright infringement
(for example, wholesale copying of a book with a different author
name), but plagiarism-in-general is not covered by copyright.

For example, a common form of plagiarism at universities is to attempt
to pass of someone else's ideas as one's own without reference; if you
do this in your own words, it's still plagiarism, but it's not
copyright infringement.

If you are not a lawyer (and I take it you are not, bandying about
misinformation like this), please do not make such blanket
statements.

Cea, of sewingbythecea, just posted the definitive answer on
copyrights as they apply to commercial patterns, on alt.sewing. I
refer you to that post.

If you mean the answer from McCalls, I don't believe that covers it.

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Knock-off legalities?

(Mike=A0Warren)
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Kay said:
Cea, of sewingbythecea, just posted the definitive answer on copyrights
as they apply to commercial patterns, on alt.sewing. I refer you to that
post.
continuing the fruitless debateIf you mean the answer from McCalls,
I don't believe that covers it.
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True, it barely skims the surface, and if you read the answer from
MaCall's, they do state that copyright laws are complicated and
ever-evolving. Meaning: they did not reply to me with the be-all,
end-all explanation.
They did, however, reply with a simple, basic answer, which any of us
laymen ought to be able to understand, what they consider their
pattern copyrights to be. Simple. Basic. Not definitive. Not couched in
lawyerly terms. If that is what you want, please contact their staff of
lawyers. I'm sure they will more than glad to get some billable hours in
before the holidays.
Cea equally glad to get some billable hours, so
back to altering I go