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Earlier this month, Sharon from Craizee Corners put up a post soliciting blocks for a quilt for Project Linus.
So, after my date with the Farmer this afternoon (the post for which will go up Sunday, I hope), I took a stab at the two blocks I volunteered to make for her.
The patterned fabrics were all from a stack given to me by a friend, so Iām not sure what each one is. From what I could tell from the selvedges, the two reds are American Jane, and the fabric in the āLā of the green/orange block is Nest. The orange fabric is another Moda, but no clue on who the designer/what the line is.
Iāll admit that Iām an optimist and try to think the best of everyone, but letās face it, sometimes people are willing to bend the rules so far that they break, and then they try to use duct tape and slight-of-hand to pretend they only made a little kink. Picture this: someone steals your content, pulls some tricks to make it look like they created it, and then serve you with a DMCA notice. Or, less far-fetched: you post something that you believe you have every right to repost and suddenly find yourself served with a DMCA notice.
You have recourse. You can send a counter notification that notes why you have the legal right to post the content in question.
The reasons for sending a counter notification are:
The copyright on the material has expired (i.e. it is in the public domain), therefore anyone can reproduce it.
The original material had no evidence that it was copyrighted and you have good faith belief that it is not.
This is perhaps the weakest of the excuses for recent material, because in general, your work is copyrighted as soon as it is created in a form that is copyrightable, so long as you can prove ownership.
The person who sent the original notice is not the copyright holder or their authorized agent and therefore canāt claim copyright violation.
If you are the copyright holder, this is where your proof comes in handy.
Your use of the content falls under āfair useā.
The original complaint did not include all of the information required for a DMCA notice.
If you think any of those apply, you can send a counter notification that essentially tells your host that they cannot remove the content until the original complainant sues you.
If you are the original complainant, make sure that the offender can not easily claim any of the above. Of course, so long as you are the original creator, have a copyright notice on your site and dotted your ‘i’s and crossed your ‘t’s on the DMCA notice, the offender shouldnāt have a leg to stand on.
If the original filer does sue, or you receive a counter notification and decide to file suit, please contact a lawyer, because I am not one, and at that point, you need professional advice.
Although the deadline is seven months out, Iāve started researching for the 1812 Challenge Quilt. Iāve been doing what I can online, for now, with plans to hit the library soon.
This is an odd size to think about designing for. Most of the extant period quilts are square or counterpane-sized, some even almost-T-shaped to accommodate four-post beds. āCot-to-coffin,ā is a stretched rectangle of a size and aspect ratio you donāt often see in extant designs or in modern quilting. (more…)
In my post about current projects I mentioned a Strip-pieced Lone Star quilt that Iām working on as part of the bi-weekly Sew You Want to Quilt group Iām in. I finally finished one of the stars this weekend.
It seems I didnāt piece it well, because the center has a pretty noticeable bulgeā¦ (more…)
I think these are my three least favorite FWQAL blocks thus far, at least of the ones Iāve completed. Well, no, Wrench from Week 3 is my least favorite, but Iām not a huge fan of any of these. Also, I hope that our porch gets finished soon (starting week three without railingsā¦) so that I can get some good photos of all of them together soon. This phone-camera-in-the-house thing isnāt working for me. (more…)
Sorry friends: Iāll admit that this post is more for me than providing interesting or valuable content for you. I just have all these ideas in my head and need to get them down in one place! Some are vague because thatās how they are in my head and others are vague because I donāt want to spoil the surprise for you or their intended recipients. I know I talked about it before, briefly, but wow! have I become even more obsessed in the past six months.
These are in no particular order, really, but a numbered list seemed Ć propos. I suppose the less vague (in my head) are at the top. (more…)
Iām a little off schedule this week (or, last, technically speaking). We had plans Friday night, which is when Iāve been working on these, and then Saturday was a race day for Carl, so we traveled and were otherwise busy. But Sunday was a sew-together with the Utica Modern Quilt Guild, so I packed up my things and drove over. I was woefully over-packed. Going in, I had hoped to finish a few blocks for FWQAL and get work done on other projects, but only had time for 2.4 blocks. (more…)
Iām working on a bucket list for quilting, more for my sanity to get it down on paper and out of my brain than for public consumption. The #1 item is to finish the myriad projects Iām already working on. Some are whiling away in boxes, some I am actively working on. Itās gotten a little out of control; I have eight!
Looking back, I should have waited on making either Wrench or Churn Dash and used a different color scheme for one, since theyāre essentially the same block. But, theyāre done. And a thirdāPractical Orchardāfor good measure. (more…)
