My Svord sheath design was copied. I took it as a compliment. There's a lot of good ideas about and people tend to put there own spin on things.
a wee moan
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widu13
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At work we use images gathered from the internet. Many businesses do this. If we are contacted by the owner of the images and they can evidence ownership i.e. the raw file, then we remove the image.
You need to be extremely careful doing this. Use free stock art. An advertiser on facebook recently ran a campaign for a canadian dating service using a 'found' image of a girl. Turns out the girl had commited suicide due to a particularly viscious facebook bullying campaign.
widu13
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
there's always two sides to a story.
Jim, don't remove anything mate, you have as much right as the next man.
Hamish, after suggesting that Jim try his hand at making a pouch then complaining that he copied your design is a bit much mate.
There's a slight difference between copying it for personal use and making a couple copies and selling them on
You are all quite right and I agree with most of what has been said. My issue isn't my work being copied as folk want to have a go at doing it themselves. My problem is folk reproducing my ideas (I'm not talking about the pouches here which obviously do not originate with me) to make money from. For instance mountainM, if I made some of your svord sheaths and sold them as my own design I don't think you would be too happy
Anyway my issues are unfounded and this is clearly not the case I just needed a rant. A bit out of touch out here on my travels, I'm used to spending all my time making things and now I have idle thumbs. Some good honest work this week should the world to rights!
Anyway my issues are unfounded and this is clearly not the case I just needed a rant. A bit out of touch out here on my travels, I'm used to spending all my time making things and now I have idle thumbs. Some good honest work this week should the world to rights!
Too right. I'd shave your dreads off in the dead of night and youd have to change your username to 'head.
Hamish, no offence but unless you have produce truly unique designs, not seen before then you have copied others yourself to some degree or other. Perhaps direct links would help otherwise your peeing into the wind chap 
How are things in Norway? Good?
How are things in Norway? Good?
How many possible useful designs are there for possibles pouches anyway and are these people copying you or just using the same basic design as you borrowed from somewhere else anyway?
Can't say I've paid any heed to them in general as they seem like a blokey version of a handbag to me but there you go.
Can't say I've paid any heed to them in general as they seem like a blokey version of a handbag to me but there you go.
.......and Ozhaggishead's pouch design isn't his, it's mine. It's in the archives in 2005.
....and it's not mine either, it belongs truthfully to someone in the 1740's who made it and after the '45 uprising hid it away when all the tartan and 'highland' dress was proscribed.
It's the 'details', the little bits of artistry or subtle craftsmanship that makes an item specific (or prolific, iimmc) to an individual.
I've lost count of the number of my designs and patterns that others have adopted and run away with
Sometimes I feel sorry for them; imagine never having another idea
They say imitation is the greatest form of flattery...well, it cuts at the time, but you move on, you keep developing, don't let things stagnate and become banal.
atb,
Mary
....and it's not mine either, it belongs truthfully to someone in the 1740's who made it and after the '45 uprising hid it away when all the tartan and 'highland' dress was proscribed.
It's the 'details', the little bits of artistry or subtle craftsmanship that makes an item specific (or prolific, iimmc) to an individual.
I've lost count of the number of my designs and patterns that others have adopted and run away with
Sometimes I feel sorry for them; imagine never having another idea
They say imitation is the greatest form of flattery...well, it cuts at the time, but you move on, you keep developing, don't let things stagnate and become banal.
atb,
Mary
Again, this is not about the pouches in particular but other items such as my mini beard combs, leather spoons (ha daft I know) and other things I put my own twist to.
But while we are on the pouches, yes the basic pattern for them has been used for decades and is the same basic lay out I use aswell as everyone else. But you have to put your own mark on it which I did with my maple leaf pouches which I had not seen done before, and my Viking shield pouches which again I have never seen done before. No I don't own any copyright over these twists in a basic design, but they are designs I have built a reputation for making which makes my work distinctive. There are other makers here who have their own twists and designs unique to them and I know if they were reproduced for sale they would be upset
This thread could go on and on so will knock it on the head while I can
But while we are on the pouches, yes the basic pattern for them has been used for decades and is the same basic lay out I use aswell as everyone else. But you have to put your own mark on it which I did with my maple leaf pouches which I had not seen done before, and my Viking shield pouches which again I have never seen done before. No I don't own any copyright over these twists in a basic design, but they are designs I have built a reputation for making which makes my work distinctive. There are other makers here who have their own twists and designs unique to them and I know if they were reproduced for sale they would be upset
This thread could go on and on so will knock it on the head while I can
OOH! i could say so much, where people have pinched my ideas, where we are talking, life changing sums of money, but hey ho! Like the Murphys i am not bitter.
Don't worry Hamish, when you return from your epic adventure, you will soon be back in the groove, and commissioning like a goodun, think you just had a moment buddy, maybe a public forum was not the best place to express your feelings, i have done it a few times and been warned by mods, and even thought the next day, what did i do that for.
Enjoy your trip my friend.
Ivan...
Don't worry Hamish, when you return from your epic adventure, you will soon be back in the groove, and commissioning like a goodun, think you just had a moment buddy, maybe a public forum was not the best place to express your feelings, i have done it a few times and been warned by mods, and even thought the next day, what did i do that for.
Enjoy your trip my friend.
Ivan...
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Do you file them under B for Bankrupt? Which is what those who ignore claims for copyright infringement become
widu13
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Do you file them under B for Bankrupt? Which is what those who ignore claims for copyright infringement become
You do not automatically own copyright. Things have to be put into place first.
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