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Copyright Info for Crochet Cabana
The quick scoop:
1) Do not ever sell photos, patterns, tutorials or anything else from this
site.
2) Do not post in full to any web site, in any format, personal or business - this includes pdf files. Links are
welcome.
3) Material is for personal or charity use only. For any other use, contact
me.
4) If you want to make one item to sell for charity that is okay. Do not include
the pattern but give design credit.
5) If you want to make items to sell for profit, contact me. Never include the
pattern with a sale. Always tag.
6) If you want to make multiple copies of a pattern or tutorial for charity
purposes, contact me.
7) If you are a teacher and want to use tutorials in your class, contact me
for current fees and the pdf files for this purpose.
The details:
All
materials on this web site (photos and text) are the personal property of
Sandra Petit and/or her heirs.
Copyright infringement is not a trivial matter. Anyone found in violation
of the Copyright Laws may be charged up to $10,000
per violation. Violators could be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
This would not be a good day for you, so please obey copyright laws.
No information from this web site is ever to be sold or included with any grouping for any reason. This includes photos, patterns, tutorials and anything else here.
NO materials (photos or text) are to be placed on your personal or business web site, regardless of whether it is free or for sale. Links are welcome. Note that links to individual pages may change over time.
You may print a copy of the patterns for your personal use if you include my copyright, name and the URL. That way if the pages are misplaced, the copyright is there.
Please don’t alter patterns or information from this site. I want full credit for all my mistakes. :-)
If you desire to use my materials other than for personal use (such as a charity group where you need more than one copy of one pattern), please ask. I almost always do grant permission, but I want to know where my work is going and how it's going to be used. This does not include reproducing in full on a charity web site. No material is to be placed on a web site. Only links are allowed.
If you want to use my materials for teaching, please contact me. You are not given permission to copy and paste from the online tutorials for your classes in order to make multiple copies for students. I have pdf files for sale for this purpose. This does NOT give you permission to sell the tutorials. You may make as many copies as you need for your class, even multiple classes, once you have purchased them. It doesn't matter if you are charging for the class or not, as long as you don't sell the actual tutorial. You do not need to ask again for a second class. Permission is granted if you have paid the original fee. However, ALWAYS the URL and copyright notice is to be kept with anything that is used and it should be made clear to the students that copies are not to be made for friends and neighbors. I think this is a really good deal. It takes me many hours, sometimes many days, to complete a tutorial. You get it for a small fee ready to print for your class. Printing fees are the responsibility of the teacher, of course, but some places who hire teachers will copy your class materials for free if you ask. At some point, I may have them printed, but for now I only have the files. (Note that if you lose the files, you will have to pay the fee again. If you cannot open the files, however, your money will be refunded.)
If you would like to make items using my patterns, for charity, you may make as many items as you wish to donate, but do not include the pattern with the item. To repeat, the pattern itself is never to be given. You do not have to tag charity items.
If you want to make and sell an item for a charity effort, such as the Crafting for a Cause web site or a craft booth where proceeds are going to a specific charity effort, that is okay though you may want to check with me first as this changes sometimes depending on the pattern. I reserve some patterns for my use alone. Design credit is always appreciated.
If you want to sell items you've made, for profit, using my designs, such as at a craft fair, please e-mail me first for permission. If given permission, you will have to include a tag with the item that reads as follows: "Designed by Sandra Petit of http://www.crochetcabana.com/". They are never to be used in mass production of an item and the pattern is NEVER to be included with the item. This is for patterns that are now on the site or patterns you saved that were previously on the site or any future patterns.
When you e-mail me for permission, you will need to let me know what items you are asking about selling made from my designs and where you're selling them.
If you are given permission to sell completed items made using my designs on an online auction, web page, or other Internet source, please include the tag information in your description of the item on the web page in addition to including the above-mentioned physical tag with each item sold. In other words in the online description and on the physical item you will send to the buyer.
Ideas or techniques are not copyrighted. The pattern itself is copyrighted - this includes the instructions, the pictures, charts or whatever else is included in my particular version of the technique. My versions, I will admit, are usually quite unique in tone, but sometimes there is just no other way to say "dc in next st". LOL
THANK YOU for showing respect for the time and effort I have spent putting this site together for you. I hope you find it useful.
Lastly, I am responsible only for making corrections to patterns if such are found. I am not responsible for replacing an item you made with my pattern that didn't come out as you wanted it to or any other problem you have with my patterns. If there is a problem, simply let me know and I will work with you to resolve the situation. I make no claim to perfection though I do honestly try to create patterns that are easy to understand and contain no errors.
For more information on copyrights, please see
About.com (excellent article)
For teachers and students: Copyright Mystery
United States Copyright Office
Crochet Partners web site on Copyright
The Copyright FAQ for Knitters
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Crochet Kim (list of published designers)
The Girl from Auntie
Knitty.com
05/13/2010
