Brian,
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Originally Posted by Miaplacidus
You mean these things are proprietary? Well, I never....
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In my case, no, not at all, and never will be. Although, if it was someone else, they could make it proprietary if they wanted to go that far!
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But then again, why not? Where do you register this stuff? Where does "imitation" shade into "genre", and who decides?
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You register this stuff with the
organisation I work for! Designs can be registered without examination, unless it is blatantly obvious. It's only examined when someone contends it.
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Or there again, are we talking mainly about courtesy? (I know that on some of the lampwork glass bead forums and some of the quilting forums some people get all hot and bothered about divulging someone's secret technique — as if you couldn't figure it out just by looking. And of course, none of it is copywritten.)
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, I suppose.
Placid waters all.
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I agree with you, as if anyone couldn't work it out just by looking: there's nothing secretive about it.
I just recall someone with a very similar name messaging me a very long time ago on CloudyNights asking for my permission to use the same framing style and text placement because they said they liked it. I forgot to reply to them and never heard from them again.
I apologise for using the term "technique"; it should, perhaps have read "style".
Regards,
Humayun