On a discussion group managers list, of all places, there has been an
extensive discussion of copyright law and violations, particularly on the
internet, and after reading all of these posts, I thought it would be
interesting to throw the book at them so to speak with a search engine
results type of working bibliography to give those interested some light
reading on the topic along with expectable off topic false drops in search
engine results. Above my header, a few specific sources not in that post,
to provide a bit of introduction to this topic.

<http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/EmailList-Managers/messages>

Thread title:

Planned Copyright Violation


WEBBIB0708


Embroidery Software Protection Coalition
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
<http://www.embroideryprotection.org/faqs.html>
[These folks even invoke copyright protection for their FAQ regarding
embroidery copyright violations]



What you need to know about Software Piracy and Copyrights
Embroidery Software Protection Coalition
<http://www.embroideryprotection.org/piracy_copyright.html>


Embroidery Software Protection Coalition "In Stitches" Over Alleged
Infringement
Chilling Effects
<http://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca512/notice.cgi?NoticeID=1747>


Special Notes To Machine Embroiderers
Concerning Basic Copyright Law
<http://www.carvingpatterns.com/emb_copyright.htm>


FreeAdvice Forums > INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & INTERNET LAW > Copyrights &
Trademarks
Embroidery Pirating
<http://forum.freeadvice.com/showthread.php?t=267532>


EFF's Legal Victories (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
<http://w2.eff.org/legal/victories/more.php>

Quoting

Privacy

Embroidery Software Protection Coalition v. Ebert & Weaver

EFF successfully blocked a brazen attempt to unmask the identities of
anonymous members of an online discussion group for embroidery fans. The
online group was created to share information about a long-running
campaign to threaten purchasers of embroidery designs and software with
copyright infringement lawsuits. The Embroidery Software Protection
Coalition (ESPC), a purported coalition of embroidery pattern design
companies, is behind the heavy-handed campaign. ESPC filed defamation
claims against some members of the group and then issued a subpoena for
detailed personal information about every single person who joined the
discussion group--whether or not they had ever posted a single message.



August 09, 2006

Embroidery Fans Fight for Anonymity in Online Discussion Group
EFF Battles Heavy-Handed Tactics in Copyright Lawsuit

San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a
motion to block a brazen attempt to unmask the identities of anonymous
members of an online discussion group for embroidery fans.

<http://w2.eff.org/news/archives/2006_08.php>



Quilter's Muse Virtual Museum
Copyright and Quilts
Trying to Get the Big Picture
by Patricia Cummings
<http://www.quiltersmuse.com/copyright_and_quilts.htm>


As you will note by checking the short URLs in the ELM post of mine below,
I was able to steer the readers on that list interested in this topic to
just a few more sources on this topic through the links I provided.





THE POST:



Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 06:06:04 -0500 (EST)
From: David P. Dillard <jwne@...>
To: EmailList-Managers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [EL-M] Re: Planned Copyright Violation



Since I am home, I can send this without violating any work rules. <g>
Actually, I am a reference librarian, so sharing information on lists is
expected of me rather than a violation of my job regimen.


These will lead to a bit of light reading about embroidery and copyright
violation with the usual false drops one finds in search results.

<http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=
embroidery+and+copyright+and+violations&btnG=Search>

A shorter URL for the above link:

<http://tinyurl.com/26u5nr>



<http://books.google.com/books?tab=sp&sa=N&hl=
en&lr=&q=embroidery+and+copyright+and+violations&btnG=Search>

A shorter URL for the above link:

<http://tinyurl.com/2dzxaz>



<http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&q=
embroidery+and+copyright+and+violations&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=bg>

A shorter URL for the above link:

<http://tinyurl.com/yuyljl>



<http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/search?q=embroidery+and+
copyright+and+violations&ds=jnl&ds=nom&g=s&t=all>

A shorter URL for the above link:

<http://tinyurl.com/2d2gq2>



And this source resurected in one of my posts yesterday after years of neglect
due to their intermediate years of being a fee based service which is no longer
the case.


<http://www.nlresearch.com/results.php?searchForm=bresearch.php&
sort=1&periodDate=&textQuery=embroidery+and+
copyright+and+violations&datasource=NLBRL&x=20&y=14>

A shorter URL for the above link:

<http://tinyurl.com/33ztzm>



One does have to wonder about an embroidery underground and if so wonder if the
principle of what one sews is what one reaps would apply to them.
Just a weak attempt to keep us in stitches about this topic. <g>



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Does making folks pay for the use of a quilt design constitute a cover
charge? Well, I guess this sews up yet another Net-Gold post.




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David Dillard
Temple University
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