Comments on: Dr Who ? Dr Unfair that’s who http://knitting.craftgossip.com/dr-who-dr-unfair-thats-who/2008/05/16/ Knitting news @ CraftGossip Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:11:01 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Barbe Saint John http://knitting.craftgossip.com/dr-who-dr-unfair-thats-who/2008/05/16/comment-page-1/#comment-1094 Barbe Saint John Thu, 29 May 2008 00:26:39 +0000 http://knitting.craftgossip.com/dr-who-dr-unfair-thats-who/2008/05/16/#comment-1094 as someone who lives with umpteen billion Dr Who figures and a fanatic husband (who use to put on Dr Who conventions in the 80's)- I am sorta glad they shut it down otherwise I would be forced to learn to knit. My husband wanted and Ood and the Adipose. Ok, so maybe it was me who want the adipose SO CUTE LOL, but since I can't really knit I'd be tortured trying to make one. Seriously though=it is a bit of a crock but these are trademarked images that BBC owns and technically she violated their copyright. Yes, she wasn't selling them, but she couldn't control who she gave them too and if THEY would sell them. In the US there is a fair use law that protects artists, so you can use some iconic images without fear of lawsuit, but not everything. IF R.T.D. and the BBC had been smart, they would have paid her for them and put out a book and made a fortune. as someone who lives with umpteen billion Dr Who figures and a fanatic husband (who use to put on Dr Who conventions in the 80’s)- I am sorta glad they shut it down otherwise I would be forced to learn to knit. My husband wanted and Ood and the Adipose. Ok, so maybe it was me who want the adipose SO CUTE LOL, but since I can’t really knit I’d be tortured trying to make one.

Seriously though=it is a bit of a crock but these are trademarked images that BBC owns and technically she violated their copyright. Yes, she wasn’t selling them, but she couldn’t control who she gave them too and if THEY would sell them. In the US there is a fair use law that protects artists, so you can use some iconic images without fear of lawsuit, but not everything.

IF R.T.D. and the BBC had been smart, they would have paid her for them and put out a book and made a fortune.

]]> By: Tonya http://knitting.craftgossip.com/dr-who-dr-unfair-thats-who/2008/05/16/comment-page-1/#comment-831 Tonya Sat, 17 May 2008 03:49:49 +0000 http://knitting.craftgossip.com/dr-who-dr-unfair-thats-who/2008/05/16/#comment-831 Wow, I'm so shocked by this. I'm so glad to see that the jelly baby pattern is still available. I made those a while ago for my little girl and they are her favourite toy, she carries them everywhere and calls them her babies. http://thestaabfamily.blogspot.com/2008/01/jelly-baby-fun.html Wow, I’m so shocked by this. I’m so glad to see that the jelly baby pattern is still available. I made those a while ago for my little girl and they are her favourite toy, she carries them everywhere and calls them her babies.

http://thestaabfamily.blogspot.com/2008/01/jelly-baby-fun.html

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