Removed thread about Copyright protection

[Minnesota scroller]

A person better be darned sure they print out the email and place it in a secure place.

[chrispuzzle]

Yes indeed.

I think the point is that you can make a contract in all sorts of ways. If I say "Mike, lend me $500 till next month" and you say "Sure, Chris, but you must repay it then" and I say "Agreed" and you hand over the money, I'm legally obliged to pay it back. But it's hard to enforce without witnesses or paperwork.

I am currently cutting a puzzle from a copy of a digital image sent to me by the artist, by email. At this point we have an agreement, by email, that I can cut the puzzle as a demonstration piece for her to see, and if she likes it we could talk about selling puzzles made from her artwork.

I don't expect her to sue me when she receives the puzzle on the grounds that the emails are not a valid agreement. And I'd be surprised if a court ruled otherwise.

[guitarman]

J.D., all this is blowing my mind. I cut the pattern of "Me and Grandpa" some time last year. I was asked by some people if I had one with a woman's hand instead of a man and I told them no. I called Jeff and asked him if he had one with a woman's hand and he said that he had been asked that himself and that he would make one in the near future. That's the last I heard about that. I didn't have any idea that the pattern wasn't his and he didn't tell me it wasn't either. I hope I didn't do anything wrong by cutting the pattern. It's been a interesting piece for me. David

[Minnesota scroller]

You won't end up in the hoosegow if you don't atempt to sell it.