on 25-08-2014 09:20 PM
What are the rules for selling on ebay something that has written in the copywrite ..
"The only thing we ask is that you don’t make any changes to the pattern and that all patterns should be given out to the consumers for free."
Regards
K
on 25-08-2014 11:08 PM
@2012kazzza wrote:I'm not the seller.. just wanting to know if it's ok for someone to sell things on ebay that are offered for FREE online with the above copywrite notation.
Thanks
K
It's Drops Design that needs to contacted, they can decide what to do from there (eg send the seller a DCMA takedown notice, and / or report to eBay as the copyright holder, and / or seek compensation, royalties etc from the seller).
on 25-08-2014 11:24 PM
Thanks I will try and contact them.
on 26-08-2014 04:12 AM
My pet peeve. It isn't hers to sell and she has scanned it and sold 90 of them already.
Ebay and Etsy are rife with this. I contact the copyright holders whenever I see it, although I think that I have only succeeded in getting one taken down.
I had a woman from the UK selling one of my free patterns with my name on it on Ebay Uk. Ebay did take it down, but only I had to jump through many hoops to prove it was mine.
on 02-09-2014 08:45 PM
There is a group from a community web site that are aware of FREE patterns being SOLD by a member and we are going to work very hard to have her shut down... this person works from the UK..
on 08-09-2014 11:37 PM
Sorry !! what is DCMA takedown notice and how can i ask the seller to do this when i have been blocked by them !
FYI :- new item are still being added that contain Copyright.. it is so unfair that someone is making a profit for a FREE item, and a so called "photocopy service"
on 08-09-2014 11:54 PM
FYI -DMCA - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act
It's Drops Design who must contact seller with the DCMA. You should notify them,
not contact the seller yourself.
09-09-2014 12:07 AM - edited 09-09-2014 12:08 AM
on 09-09-2014 12:13 AM
All I know is what I read here. The Drops design says, in part
© 1982-2014 DROPS Design A/S. We reserve all rights. This document, including all its sub-sections, has copyrights. This is for all of you with knitting as a hobby and for you who run a yarn store. Either way, the DROPS pattern database is at your free disposal. As a store you are welcome to use the DROPS pattern database to promote the sale of your assortment. Print out any pattern you may want, make as many copies as desired. The only thing we ask is that you don't make any changes / additions to the original printed document... and that the patterns according to the DROPS philosophy are given out to the consumers for free.
From here: http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/pattern.php?id=3954&lang=en
09-09-2014 12:41 AM - edited 09-09-2014 12:42 AM
I think from memory it's 70 years, even if the holder dies.
on 09-09-2014 01:12 AM