Can anyone copy parts of a pattern - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

stevebuk · 12-28-2007, 10:51 PM

and make a completely new one and call it their own. I just wanted to ask this question as i have just bought from a chap on ebay a dragon inside a circular saw blade pattern, and i know the dragon is from wildwood designs, but he says he has made the pattern.

CanadianScroller · 12-28-2007, 11:38 PM

Not really.
If you can recognize it I am sure it is not cosher.
It is one thing to use a pattern as a reference in designing a piece, like Durer's Praying Hands, but to add a border to someones art and call it your own is not cool.

He could however be the original designer of the wildwood designs pattern.

lucky788scroller · 12-29-2007, 02:42 AM

I am pretty sure I know who your talking about on ebay. I also know they have been contacted more then once by a fairly well known pattern designer concerning illegal trade practices. If its the person I am thinking of,they sell many patterns on there, none of them original, none of them their own! Dale

12-28-2007, 10:51 PM	#1
stevebuk Wanabe scrollsawer Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nottm Posts: 591	Can anyone copy parts of a pattern and make a completely new one and call it their own. I just wanted to ask this question as i have just bought from a chap on ebay a dragon inside a circular saw blade pattern, and i know the dragon is from wildwood designs, but he says he has made the pattern. __________________ http://www.cabincraft.co.uk

12-28-2007, 11:38 PM	#2
CanadianScroller Moderator CUT IT OUT Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chilliwack British Columbia, Canada Posts: 3,904 Blog Entries: 12	Not really. If you can recognize it I am sure it is not cosher. It is one thing to use a pattern as a reference in designing a piece, like Durer's Praying Hands, but to add a border to someones art and call it your own is not cool. He could however be the original designer of the wildwood designs pattern. __________________ CAЯL HIRD-RUTTEЯ "proud member of the best scroll sawing forum on the net." Ryobi SC180VS scroll saw EX21

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12-29-2007, 02:42 AM	#3
lucky788scroller Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: wisconsin Posts: 6,354	I am pretty sure I know who your talking about on ebay. I also know they have been contacted more then once by a fairly well known pattern designer concerning illegal trade practices. If its the person I am thinking of,they sell many patterns on there, none of them original, none of them their own! Dale