tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463307798012270911.post8194403777355588273..comments2023-12-21T01:00:32.615-05:00Comments on Fleegle's Blog: Copyright for the 21st Centuryfleeglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06348327363198905898noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463307798012270911.post-3637539563739902602012-06-19T14:37:56.893-05:002012-06-19T14:37:56.893-05:00Rereading Department of Redundancy Department agai...Rereading Department of Redundancy Department again. Thank you and let me extend my grateful appreciation.Kathy Kathy Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02508929318089206336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463307798012270911.post-22879837743445794982012-06-19T14:36:55.904-05:002012-06-19T14:36:55.904-05:00thuRereading Department of Redundancy Department a...thuRereading Department of Redundancy Department again. Thank you and let me extend my grateful appreciation.Kathy Kathy Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02508929318089206336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463307798012270911.post-85010985242915274382012-05-11T07:10:36.820-05:002012-05-11T07:10:36.820-05:00Your last paragraph looks likes creative commons! ...Your last paragraph looks likes creative commons! http://creativecommons.org/Kiwihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371861704514640255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463307798012270911.post-90500526473192382792012-04-08T14:02:56.319-05:002012-04-08T14:02:56.319-05:00The color purple is really relative, isn't it?...The color purple is really relative, isn't it? Sort of? I don't even see Knitpicks cables as being purple--they're somewhere off between cranberry and something else. They have lost their minds, and I won't be buying anymore of their cable needles--although they're the only ones I can really afford. :(<br /><br />Hope Oprah and Spielberg get into this, too! :) My husband and I NEVER see colors as the same!Bluebird49https://www.blogger.com/profile/01195892307835553912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463307798012270911.post-26309797400661087222012-03-06T14:55:43.936-05:002012-03-06T14:55:43.936-05:00Thanks to Wendy of "wendyknits" I get t...Thanks to Wendy of "wendyknits" I get to enjoy your tallent and humor. I love the copyright statement. I often feel that we are spending too much time making lawyers rich & hating too many others. As a person that support spindles I can't wait to get my hands on this book.tamithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16879100897307318694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463307798012270911.post-51179917707088843732012-01-30T02:55:30.522-05:002012-01-30T02:55:30.522-05:00I love your copyright. Plain and simple, it falls ...I love your copyright. Plain and simple, it falls into the 'just play nice' philosophy. Great post!Ferolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475152692023491550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463307798012270911.post-73619765855737180472012-01-26T13:50:39.784-05:002012-01-26T13:50:39.784-05:00Sorry I didn't see this sooner.
There's a ...Sorry I didn't see this sooner.<br />There's a certain knitting designer who copyrighted her first name and initials. <br />Is there a Steven Spielberg movie starring Whoopi Goldberg in trouble with KnitPicks now?Experimental Knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02574777003294802795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463307798012270911.post-82473575715299872092012-01-22T03:09:25.445-05:002012-01-22T03:09:25.445-05:00I have a question about copyright - can a pattern ...I have a question about copyright - can a pattern designer restrict the sale of items made from their pattern? I know I can't make copies of the pattern and give it out or sell it, but what about the items that I have put my time, blood (when I use pointy needles), sweat and tears into? So many designers say that you can't sell items made from their pattern without their expressed permission but I do not believe they can back this statement up legally. Opinions?Morandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12602077395946085390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463307798012270911.post-80533959449461822752012-01-09T09:12:45.846-05:002012-01-09T09:12:45.846-05:00Another big problem with this is that colors and h...Another big problem with this is that colors and hues are all in the eye of the beholder depending upon their light source spectrum. We all know how different things look in sunlight versus incandescent lighting versus fluorescent lighting. Does that mean you have to indicate the light source as part of your registration? And even if you are using the same light source you still may not see it exactly the same as the person next to you.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16786408024689233987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463307798012270911.post-51347386457016783432012-01-01T12:54:21.451-05:002012-01-01T12:54:21.451-05:00You go Susan!You go Susan!Susan (and SmokeyBlue in spirit)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15600529191882073624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463307798012270911.post-52032405391460124512012-01-01T01:31:56.258-05:002012-01-01T01:31:56.258-05:00You are so darned CLEVER! I bow....
RosemaryYou are so darned CLEVER! I bow....<br /><br />RosemaryRosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13919009138145168313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463307798012270911.post-28285146764192660732011-12-28T17:29:08.820-05:002011-12-28T17:29:08.820-05:00Love it. And yes, if your book is anywhere as spir...Love it. And yes, if your book is anywhere as spirited and true and life-affirming as your copyright page, I am interested in the book.cat@catbordhi.com Bordhihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02740830185639408657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463307798012270911.post-46656259878106355682011-12-26T08:10:31.956-05:002011-12-26T08:10:31.956-05:00Ah, copyright. What a can of worms it is!Ah, copyright. What a can of worms it is!Battyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03892116045581715793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463307798012270911.post-24102850516628754152011-12-18T08:48:20.529-05:002011-12-18T08:48:20.529-05:00Love this and most assuredly agree.Love this and most assuredly agree.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15999569619747290542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463307798012270911.post-83012405697759043172011-12-17T10:53:21.144-05:002011-12-17T10:53:21.144-05:00Enjoyable and enlightening as always. I would have...Enjoyable and enlightening as always. I would have thought a color could be trademarked not copyrighted and that the trademark could then be registered to be more legally enforceable. However, registering trademarks require a lot of documentation and have to be pretty specific, like, for colors, one would need to specify Pantone colors or CMYK breakdowns, as well as where and when they would be used. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Craft America has not actually gone through the process of registering a trademark for "purple" but is trying to preempt any other manufacturers' making purple cables (or other knitting/crochet notions) in a somewhat naïve manner.<br />Lovelovelove your copyright statement!Kathleen Dameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08841043417898798256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463307798012270911.post-20224055792030726362011-12-17T00:16:15.982-05:002011-12-17T00:16:15.982-05:00As always, your clever fun makes my day! Thanks so...As always, your clever fun makes my day! Thanks so much!,Spinfoolishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07918475311557664852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463307798012270911.post-33241280668800238622011-12-16T14:48:53.888-05:002011-12-16T14:48:53.888-05:00Brilliant!Brilliant!mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15478311154497488560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463307798012270911.post-20561737020617866122011-12-16T11:54:49.677-05:002011-12-16T11:54:49.677-05:00So, CAN you spin cow hair?So, CAN you spin cow hair?Laura Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15499876318474562571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463307798012270911.post-21573887026585753432011-12-16T11:07:06.273-05:002011-12-16T11:07:06.273-05:00Priceless! I'll buy the book just for the cop...Priceless! I'll buy the book just for the copyright page.Dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03909534210782172959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463307798012270911.post-88774569423516477992011-12-16T10:21:01.040-05:002011-12-16T10:21:01.040-05:00Looking forward to that book already!
and @gayle -...Looking forward to that book already!<br />and @gayle - you can trademark certain food products, and also the race of animals like Holstein cows - I bet you though that IF they are copyrighted, the people of HOLSTEIN (north of Hamburg, Germany) will probably have arranged for that. So don't you go wake sleeping dogs - they'll call you out on it, cowthieves! (just kidding, obviously. although: maybe not. you never know, these days...)Projektmanagerin:https://www.blogger.com/profile/08081538101662880302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463307798012270911.post-51216006351396750802011-12-16T02:17:13.216-05:002011-12-16T02:17:13.216-05:00Very well said, isn't it amazing that we have ...Very well said, isn't it amazing that we have to use so many words to just say: please respect my work. We should all know what it is meant by that!<br />It is always a pleasure to read your posts.blandina https://www.blogger.com/profile/00116066798221969471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463307798012270911.post-26712837341447320302011-12-16T00:40:45.519-05:002011-12-16T00:40:45.519-05:00Well said! And if the rest of your book is as ente...Well said! And if the rest of your book is as entertaining as your copyright notice, you'll make a killing.<br /><br />BTW, I remember back in the days when I was in design school that an instructor mentioned that Kodak's yellow was copyrighted. I am not sure that's true, but a quick search brought up the term "trade dress" in relation to a color used in packaging and that is commonly recognized by the public as representative of a company and/or product. Either way, it makes no sense to me that anyone should be able to copyright or trademark (I can never remember which applies to what) a color, even with restrictions to a particular field, as in photographic film for instance.<br />Anyway… I look forward to your book.fluffbuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14084279247283529589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463307798012270911.post-50028555371205805552011-12-15T19:27:04.984-05:002011-12-15T19:27:04.984-05:00I'm going to love a book where even the copyri...I'm going to love a book where even the copyright page is fun to read...<br /><br />I'm off to see if I can get the state of Vermont to trademark fall foliage. Cuz colored leaves is about all we've got going for us up here. Oh, and the sticky stuff that comes out of the trees. And cows. (Can you trademark Holsteins?)gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09208168224439515489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463307798012270911.post-70238236581287123622011-12-15T18:08:13.017-05:002011-12-15T18:08:13.017-05:00Do you ever read http://madisonian.net/ ? I am thi...Do you ever read http://madisonian.net/ ? I am thinking you might like it.<br /><br />Not a fan of Craft America, a.k.a. Knit Picks, so I cannot be unbiased on the matter. It's right up there with Harley Davidson copyrighting the sound their motorcycles make or Metallica suing over the use of the E and F chords in my opinion, although not as horrid as copyrighting genes.hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10096332421127152188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463307798012270911.post-83483011289810959172011-12-15T17:02:51.791-05:002011-12-15T17:02:51.791-05:00Certain colors are associated with certain brands,...Certain colors are associated with certain brands, sure, so I can see where Knit Picks can step in and say that purple is the color of their needles. If they indicated "purple" instead of a specific cmyk formula, it's broader and can be open to interpretation. (And for them to issue c&d to other companies who would dare making flexible cords that have the slightest hint of purple.) From what I'm reading, it sounds also that the tm is not limited to interchangeables, so I'm curious to see what else is covered. More than likely it's related to branding Knit Picks, but that move on its own is pretty aggressive.<br /><br />Anyway, personally I don't like Knit Picks' aggressiveness or their products. Never used them, never will.Mary Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103711603375443838noreply@blogger.com