Archive for 'Ebay and ME'
Tidbits-1/9/07
Sharing Machine Embroidery Designs is LEGAL!!! ROFLOL, ROFLOL
Last night I was sent this interesting message from the “rebel” newsgroup. Reading it, I didn’t know whether to laugh or to wonder at the “naivete” of these wonderful creatures that “share” machine embroidery designs in the name of “sharing”. To share the letter that these wonderful “Pirates […]
Posted: January 9th, 2007 under Journey, Main, machine embroidery, Tidbits..., Copyright and Intellectual Property, ESPC, Ebay and ME.
Comments: 4
First Sale Doctrine and ME designs
Recent discussions regarding Machine Embroidery designs and First Sale doctrine has led me to clarify this “ambiguous” territory. What is First Sale Doctrine and how does it apply to Machine Embroidery designs?
First sale doctrine allows the purchaser to legally resell the original purchased item.
Scenario 1:
You buy a cashmere sweater for your best friend. Alas the color is […]
Posted: November 3rd, 2006 under Journey, Main, machine embroidery, Copyright and Intellectual Property, ESPC, Ebay and ME.
Comments: 26
An Ebay experience: “Its mine and I’ll do what I want with it”
Where have I heard that before?? LOL. Just last week, I received an email from a dear friend leading me to an EBAY auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250038836138 The designs CD being sold is a retired set no longer being sold by me but with full rights to me regardless.
Surprised I emailed the seller: “I’m sorry but you […]
Posted: October 26th, 2006 under Journey, Main, machine embroidery, Copyright and Intellectual Property, ESPC, Ebay and ME.
Comments: 6
US Court ruling on Morpheus
Friends, just today I received a link from a friend regarding a US court ruling on Morpheus. Morpheus is a peer to peer file sharing software. Read more about it here: http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2006/09/28/tech-morpheus-060928.html
What does this mean as far as Intellect Property holders are concerned….well, for starters if the courts can hold software companies such as Morpheus […]
Posted: October 1st, 2006 under Journey, Main, machine embroidery, Copyright and Intellectual Property, ESPC, Ebay and ME.
Comments: none
Copyright cont’d and dreaded topic ESPC
Taking a bashing at the hands of anyone who saw my support for the ESPC at Ed Foster’s weblog (http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/2006/9/12/0105/66645) I had to wonder why some folks protest so much against this company. What has the company done that is so drastic as to change people from thinking rationally and logically to becoming irrate child like […]
Posted: September 18th, 2006 under Journey, machine embroidery, Copyright and Intellectual Property, ESPC, Ebay and ME.
Comments: 9
And the ME stocks are going to soar!!!
An interesting piece of news in the Wall Street Journal today:
“Sewing and Suing Aren’t a Happy Mix For Embroiderers, High-Tech Stitching Brings With It Copyright Issues And Talk of Defamation”
The article went on to narrate the findings of one Janet Ebert (aka Maggie/Jansturningpoint/defender of rights etc) who was served with a lawsuit for copyright infringement […]
Posted: September 14th, 2006 under Journey, Main, machine embroidery, Copyright and Intellectual Property, ESPC, Ebay and ME.
Comments: none
“Knowledge is Power”
Recently a new group in the Machine Embroidery Yahoo world has arisen on the horizon called “Knowledge is Power”. The group is a partition of another rebel group which seems to have lost its charm when reality was exposed (see The Writing’s on the wall blog). The group claims to assist friends in the ME […]
Posted: September 10th, 2006 under Journey, Main, machine embroidery, Copyright and Intellectual Property, ESPC, Ebay and ME.
Comments: 11
ME Designs-Data or codes??
What are Machine Embroidery designs? Are they data or are they codes? Furthermore, are they to be classified as software? This was the gist of a lawsuit by Action Tapes vs Kelly Mattson in the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, Minnesota.
According to Wired Blogs: Under copyright’s first sale doctrine nobody can stop you from reselling […]
Posted: September 1st, 2006 under Journey, Main, machine embroidery, Copyright and Intellectual Property, ESPC, Ebay and ME.
Comments: 4
Ebay and Machine Embroidery
Please note: Due to an internet hiccup, this blog was corrupted. I’ve recaptured all the comments and the blog itself and posted again.
Ebay is probably one of the most favored places to search for just about anything under the sun. About eight years ago, I started my Ebay career by selling machine embroidered quilt blocks, […]
Posted: August 26th, 2006 under Journey, Ebay and ME.
Comments: 4
Hard times, hard times….
It is hard times indeed for many of the “Pirates” of the ME world. A development where many of the so called “friends” are singing like canaries and many of their “friends” are in a ticklish situation. Do they themselves “rat” on others to get out of the situation or should they keep quiet…only time […]
Posted: August 18th, 2006 under Journey, Main, Copyright and Intellectual Property, ESPC, Ebay and ME.
Comments: none