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I'm heading into Toronto soon so no entry for today. Instead I give you a little present left for me in my inbox this morning and my response. Enjoy.
Envelope-to: labels@aplacetofly.com
X-Sender: ********@mail.earthlink.net (Unverified)
X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32)
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 01:48:00 -0500
To: labels@aplacetofly.com
From: **** <******@earthlink.net>
Subject: Your copyright
Hi Linda,
I came across your page about how to make cigar band labels for soap, and I
certainly do appreciate your sharing this information! I believe it will
save me quite a bit of time and frustration when it comes time to making my
own labels. I've been relying on other methods, which have not produced
the results I was looking for.
I would also like to mention a few things about your copyright notice that
I think you may not be aware of.
1. Since you used Microsoft Word to create your labels, you cannot
copyright it. Perhaps Microsoft could though.
2. You don't have any legal basis for telling people that they cannot save
your page to their hard drive. This goes along with the theory of assumed
use. Since it is an online medium, it goes without saying that saving it
to disk or to your hard drive is acceptable. You cannot stipulate otherwise.
3. I thought it was interesting that you made a rather big point of the
copyright notice, but you used Microsoft *copyrighted* software as:
A. The tool you would use to achieve your "creation".
B. The visual aid to walk the user through the process.
Just wanted to let you know this so that you won't be upset when I share it
with my soaping group.
Thanks again,
*****
*********,
Actually you obviously don't understand in the least International copyright law. But that's fine. Do some research and maybe discuss with your therapist why you felt the need to:
1. Steal and justify it without researching your facts.
2. Tell the creator of a work that will "save me quite a bit of time and frustration" that you are disregarding her wishes and legal copyright and stealing her work.
Most people would and have just saved it and I never knew/would know the difference. There's some sort of issue there for you that you had to write an email like the one below.
So, thanks to you I'm removing the tutorial. Your ignorance, selfishness and arrogance is the last I am going to tolerate in terms of my generously shared work. To end here are a few links, hopefully you will chose to educate yourself.
http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-42/index.html
Linda Gallaher
P.S. Any further correspondence from you will be deleted unread.
| About: LifeUgh what is happening to the soaping community that this person has nothing better to do than give you some garbage and end with "sharing it with her soaping board"??
I used your tutorial often, I never copied it because it is yours so I would come here when I was getting ready for a show to refresh my mind on how to do this. I have appreciated this tutorial for the year that I have used it but I understand your need to take it down. It was perfect for those of us who did not understand the technobabble most would give on how to make labels. It was also a haven to people like me who are just not one with the computer and need to check ourselves and our format before proceeding. I am very sorry this arrogant email was the final straw for you but I understand where you are coming from. It just makes me sick that it has all come to things like this.
i to am sorry because i am new to soap making and would have enjoyed learning how to make that label,,, maybe you could e-mail it to me ( smile)
At least that's what joanne williams thought on Tuesday October 5, 2004 at 06:50 AM.