Does anyone have a set of these they may be willing to copy? I am not sure if this is a violation of copyright so please excuse the ignorance on my part if it is. Every time we try to get them on Ebay they are too expensive. Thanks.
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Does anyone have a set of these they may be willing to copy? I am not sure if this is a violation of copyright so please excuse the ignorance on my part if it is. Every time we try to get them on Ebay they are too expensive. Thanks.
Someone else posted about this earlier and even wrote to Mattel about it I can't find out what happened with the inquiry but I too would like these patterns, sorry if this did not help.
I wrote to mattel. It takes about a month to get a reply from an email.
It is in violation of copyright to copy the patterns without explicit permission. The email I currently have into them suggests a group permission for the board, and then a smaller permission for the group who contacted me. I don't know what kind of response they will give me.
Essentially, the person doing the copying, not the person doing the recieving, needs to email Mattel (I went through AG CS, and they directed my email, I presume) and say exactly what patterns they have, how many copies they want to make, and who they will be distributed to. Then they will grant the permission, or not.
They won't just grant- Can I copy this? or If I find someone who can copy it, can I have permission to recieve it?
They refuse to give open permissions. You must present a very specific case.
I'm very against this, but someone can always ignore the copyright law, the chances of anything happening to them are small- but they should be prepared for if they are caught. Especially since we know they read the board [img]smile.gif[/img]
That's why I went through all the trouble of emailing them... and now waiting. I prefer to do things legally. I hope to hear back soon.
Check your local library. Our statewide library system has all the patterns available.
I have contacted my library and they do not have them here.I really want to sew from these, but I suspect I will never have the chance.I wish they would re-release them.
I bought some of the patterns, copied them for myself, and then resold them. So all I ended up paying for the patterns was the shipping. It worked out pretty well but took a while; I now have Josefina, Kirsten, Felicity, and Molly. I'd like to get Addy and Samantha one day but I'm not in a hurry; I have no time to sew for a while yet. I don't think it is illegal to make yourself a copy of your own patterns, and you have a right to sell whatever you want of your own stuff. So that's how I got around the issue. As long as you don't bid higher than you know you could resell them for, it all works out to about $4 per set (for priority mail shipping).
Personally, I think it's ridiculous for AG to share about swapping patterns. I can see how they wouldn't want to put a blanket "go ahead and copy" because you'd get ebay people selling copies of the patterns. But for friends to share patterns that are out of print... I think it's completely ethical. After all, AG isn't making money of those ebay sales.
I can't say for sure about sewing patterns, but the copyright that holds for knitting patterns, it is a violation to copy it and then sell the original. You can copy patterns for person use. Meaning one to mark on while you are making the product, and you don't want to cut/write on the pattern.
If you copy it and then sell the original, you might as well have sold the copy- you are still in possesion of the pattern, which means you can use it, and so is someone else.
Generally you can share patterns. I can lend the patterns to a friend, but she can't make a permanent copy- and while she has them, you don't have them. That's the key. In theory, "Working copies" have to be destroyed after use.
Horsemom wrote:
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Just how long is a pattern copyright? I ask because I have copies of all the Chatty Cathy clothes patterns that were made in the 60s, and they are all copies I purchased on ebay.Quote:
because you'd get ebay people selling copies of the patterns.
Linda
Copyright laws have change during the years, so looking up the year the item was copyright and the length of time should give you the date the copyright is no longer a problem and can be copied. Yet on some items (products) the copyright never runs out.
Gosh my picture went wild and grew?
<font color="#051E50" size="1">[ January 16, 2006 11:16 PM: Message edited by: caroloto ]</font>