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Comment on Copyright Law: Substantial Similarity by SMSG

SMSG — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:56:57 +0000

Amelia, quiet honestly, the law doesn’t really give a hoot if you have a problem or not. It isn’t about what you FEEL, it is about what is fact. Ann is just providing educational resources. What you personally decide to do is up to you and however you choose to rationalize your actions. Now you can’t say “I didn’t know” (not that ignorance was ever an excuse). If you’re just making for your own kid, you’d only have to deal with your family. But if someone pays you to make a dress and you copy something without permission, you’ve really opened a can of worms.

Comment on Copyright Law: Substantial Similarity by taoknitter

taoknitter — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:39:42 +0000

This post refers to when actual DESIGN ideas are stolen, not style ideas. “Substantial similarity” refers to being able to recognize someone else’s intellectual property in someone else’s work, not style re-interpretations.

Comment on Copyright Law: Substantial Similarity by Amelia

Amelia — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:28:22 +0000

I suppose the problem I have with this is that there are only so many skirt styles, so many fabric combinations, so many embroidery designs, so many color combinations. You want your dress to be orriginal of course, but at this point with SO MANY different dresses you are bound to have simmilarities with another dress.

Maybe two girls have the same exact blue fabric in the same exact place on their dress. Did the second girl steal that idea from the first girl or did she happen to have the same idea? Maybe two girls LOVE ladybugs. Is it stealing if both girls have a ladybug themed dress?

What I’m trying to say is that yes, stealing a dress or even part of a dress is wrong but sometimes accidental similarities occur. And to me that’s not stealing or even “Substantial similarities.”

Comment on Dressmaking Info by Making an Irish dance dress « Taoknitter

Making an Irish dance dress « Taoknitter — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:49:09 +0000

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Comment on Edge Binding Instead of Satin Stitching by taoknitter

taoknitter — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:59:21 +0000

I am quite sure she stitched in the ditch, Temple.

Comment on Edge Binding Instead of Satin Stitching by Temple

Temple — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:42:04 +0000

Hi Mary.
After reading your directions and looking at the pics, I can’t see where the edge is sewn on top. Did you stitch the binding on like bias tape with a top stitch on the front?

Comment on Satin Stitch Lattice Tutorial by Colleen M.

Colleen M. — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:58:55 +0000

Thanks for posting this! I had seen it on Paddy’s site, but appreciate that she has shared it with us in this way! Thanks Ann for seeking out the things that will help us all to do a great job.

Comment on Satin Stitch Lattice Tutorial by Gina Foster

Gina Foster — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:19:34 +0000

Nice — I love the work and the description- awesome! Thanks to both you ladies.

Comment on Dance Kinesiology posts by Body Alignment & Posture: Chapter 1 « Taoknitter

Body Alignment & Posture: Chapter 1 « Taoknitter — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:20:42 +0000

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Comment on Dance Kinesiology posts by Pointing your Feet: Addendum « Taoknitter

Pointing your Feet: Addendum « Taoknitter — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:51:24 +0000

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