Be careful when posting pictures of someone elses' work, patterns, etc. Always check first before posting...
Not realizing I had violated Cross-Eyed Cricket's copyright, posts dealing with picture smocking had to be removed. I had used her "owls" smocking template to do a tutorial . Although she praised the tutorial itself, she wasn't happy about using her template in my pictures and using the name even though I gave credit where credit was due. Based on what I had read, I thought posting the article was done correctly. She asked that in the future I got permission. Rather than address the issue with a claim to Pinterest, she contacted me directly. Although her email was polite, I felt like a child that had their hand slapped for wrong-doing, and removed the post.
A web article from Baylor University says, "Fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder for purposes such as criticism, parody, news reporting, research and scholarship, and teaching. There are four factors to consider when determining whether your use is a fair one.
The four fair use factors are as follows:
- The purpose and character of the use, including whether the use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
- The nature of the copyrighted work, such as whether the work is fiction or non-fiction, published or unpublished;
- The amount of the work used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole, such as using a poem in its entirety, or using one chapter from a long book;
- The effect of the use upon the potential market for the copyrighted work. http://www.baylor.edu/copyright/index.php?id=56543
Whoops!
Still sewing in my happy place!
Renee
Still sewing in my happy place!
Renee
