Please, don't pin pattern pages from my books! Basically, if you post my pattern instructions that I'm trying to sell, you are taking my income. My books, patterns, and hand dyed thread are my main source of income and I depend on it.
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| Low resolution screenshot of a page from one of my books found on Pinterest. This is an example of copyright violation! Don't re-pin! |
I hope this helps folks to understand. Even my good friends have re-pinned pages of my books without being aware of what they were doing.
11 comments:
I sure wish people would learn to respect others!!! It's not fair to all you designers!!!
I totally agree with you and sue, I wish people would look at the patterns and not repin what some idiot has pinned.
Margaret
Grrrrrr......
This a good share.
Thank you all for your support! Often, people just don't realize that just because a pattern is on Pinterest, doesn't mean that it should be there, and by re-pinning without thinking they are making the problem worse.
Sorry people are being crappy and pinning your copyrighted material Marilee. Funny enough I saw this post while hunting for your atom pattern. I remember seeing that I could buy just that pattern on craftsy I thought but I think I'm wrong. I figure I have that gorgeous one you made me coming so now it's time to suck it up and try to make one myself. If I fail I will always have the lovely one you made me to console me xD
Thanks. Many current designers have had their patterns posted online without their permission, and people re-pin without thinking, so it's a widespread problem.
Kelly, the "atom" pattern is in my "Up and Tat 'Em" book. The challenging bits are the "electrons" inside the split rings and managing 6 shuttles, other than that, easy-peasy :-)
I will have to buy your book soon. I have Tatted Jewelry and love it :)
love your atom and colors and so far I have not seen any of your pages on pintrest. I love to buy books it's odd that people post something they had to buy.
Thanks, Madtatter80, the pins of my book pages that I found and reported have been removed - for now.
By the way, it's only the actual pattern pages that are a no-no. I love seeing photos of the tatted items people have made from my patterns!
Thank you, stringplayer, the title of the book is "Up and Tat 'Em". It's for sale as either a printed book or a PDF download in my Etsy shop yarnplayer.etsy.com
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