Post #323851 by Tipsy McStagger on Tue, Aug 7, 2007 1:09 PM

....first off, it's not illegal to copy a design for ones own personal use...only to copy it and turn around and make money off it...whether that entails selling reproductions directly or somehow using said design in ones place of business, in effect using your design in a place where they are making money, though not directly from your piece.....for example, it's not illegal for someone to make a copy of my famous martini lamp and place it on their bar at home...they are not making money off it in any way and there's no harm done...all they are doing is proving what a cheapskate they are to their friends..however, if they choose to start producing them on their own and making a buck, well then that is the illegal part....also, if someone buys my martini lamp or two off the shelf, incorporates those into a larger sculpture or work of art and sells it, it's not an infringement...the reason being is that anytime you buy a product from a commercial source you are in effect paying the designer or artist of said work through that transaction...the person who created it got their money for it somewhere along the line...once the item is bought, it's the buyer's item to do with what they want (except copy it and sell them, on their own, of course)

..now, i'm suprised at teakey, especially after he got all up in my face for me using a graphic that wasn't an original of my own accidentally and unknowingly in one of my light boxes.....(see a previous thread concerning my lamps)

anyway, if he's not producing and selling them the best you can do is be flattered...he should also acknowledge that it is your design, if people ask him.....

and by the way, that sculpt is very unflattering to your original work, hassan....in fact it's almost embarrassing....it looks like an angry turd mug....i know YOU could do much better...

in fact, now that i look at it, you may want to distance yourself from this alleged "mug" as fast as possible...i don't think you want your good name associated with this travesty of a mug sculpture in any way, shape, fashion or form...

RUN HASSAN,!!! RUN FAR AND FAST MY FRIEND!!

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