{"id":7826,"date":"2015-09-17T06:49:36","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T20:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/?p=7826"},"modified":"2015-09-17T06:52:28","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T20:52:28","slug":"patterns-on-pinterest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/2015\/09\/17\/patterns-on-pinterest\/","title":{"rendered":"Patterns on Pinterest"},"content":{"rendered":"

I haunt Pinterest a bit. I see a lot on Pinterest that interests me and inspires me. Unfortunately I also see a lot that I don’t like.<\/p>\n

You see, I keep seeing embroidery patterns and charts on Pinterest.<\/p>\n

I think it goes a lot like this:<\/p>\n

You’re browsing Pinterest and you see that someone has posted a Hardanger chart (or any other sort of embroidery pattern) that you like. So you save it to one of your boards. “I might make that one day.” And then someone sees it on your board, and they save it to their board. “I might make that one day.” And someone else sees it, and they save it to their board, because they might make it one day.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you are the designer of the pattern, then you have every right to do with it as you wish. You can post it to Pinterest, stick in on the front wall of your house and light it with flashing LED strips, mail it to all your nearest and dearest 1000 friends, or shove it in your drawer. You can do with it exactly what you want.<\/p>\n

If you are not the designer of the pattern, you do not have the right to do exactly what you want with it. If you have legally obtained the pattern, you have the right to stitch it, or not stitch it. That’s about it. You do not have the right to share it with your friends. You do not have the right to photocopy it and give a copy to all your mates. You do not have the right to post it on Pinterest. To do so breaches copyright and breaks the law.<\/p>\n

If you see a chart or pattern on Pinterest, chances are it was NOT posted by the designer. Chances are, it was posted by someone breaching the designer’s copyright and breaking the law.<\/p>\n

By pinning the illegal copy of the chart to your Pinterest board, you are also breaching copyright and breaking the law. Designers can and do search out copies of their charts and patterns and request them to be taken down. This wastes valuable time where they could be designing more charts and patterns.<\/p>\n

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The International Needlework Designers Association has come up with this great visual way of explaining it. (And yes, I have permission to use the image.)<\/p><\/div>\n

I heard an interesting statement yesterday. “Lots of people have pinned it on Pinterest.” Umm, that doesn’t make it right. Just because someone has broken the law before you doesn’t mean it’s ok for you to break the law too.<\/p>\n

Please, if you have charts and patterns pinned on Pinterest (or any other form of social media) remove them. Delete them. If you are not the copyright holder (that is, the designer or publisher) you do not have the right to publish them\/pin them\/copy them.<\/p>\n

The only legal way to obtain a chart is to purchase a legal copy. (Or, if it is a freebie pattern, to obtain it from the official point of giveaway, which may be a shop’s website or a designer’s website.)<\/p>\n

If you haven’t purchased it, it’s almost 100% likely that you’re breaking the law by having a copy. Stay legal, and if you’re not legal at the moment, delete\/destroy all illegal copies and get legal. Thanks.<\/p>\n

Disclaimer: This is not legal advice and you should make your own enquiries. Should you need legal advice regarding copyright laws, please seek a law professional.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I haunt Pinterest a bit. I see a lot on Pinterest that interests me and inspires me. Unfortunately I also see a lot that I don’t like.<\/p>\n

You see, I keep seeing embroidery patterns and charts on Pinterest.<\/p>\n

I think it goes a lot like this:<\/p>\n

You’re browsing Pinterest and you see that someone has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,11,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-designing","category-embroidery-musings","category-hints-and-tips","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7826"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7845,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7826\/revisions\/7845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}