Day 9 tomorrow.
Although this is serious, I must tell you about a hilarious 'conversation' (I use the word conversation with reservation as it did get heated) that I had on Monday with a 'person' who had stolen my work. She doesn't merit the title of lady!!!
Although this is serious, I must tell you about a hilarious 'conversation' (I use the word conversation with reservation as it did get heated) that I had on Monday with a 'person' who had stolen my work. She doesn't merit the title of lady!!!
I noticed she'd taken this image and put it on her blog. Not a problem as it was linked to my site. BUT underneath that was the pattern to go with it. It had been taken and somehow converted from the original pdf file with my name and copyright notice removed - NO link to my site. Now that IS naughty. No mention of the designer at all. I originally noticed this blog last October but found there was no way to contact on her. Time went on and I put it to the back of my mind - as you do.
Then on Monday I noticed she'd added another picture that was a copy of a new idea on another tatter's site. I contacted the other tatter and she wasn't too worried but would probably have contacted the blog owner if there'd been any way to do that.
Later that day my friend came back to me as she'd found that the blog owner had now (within the past week) set up an Etsy shop. EUREKA. Etsy have a convo link so off I went and 'asked' her to take my pattern off her blog. She said she didn't think she could as she wasn't sure she knew how to get into the blog.
That's funny, I said, when you managed to put a picture up there the day before (same one in her Etsy shop)!!! So our convo got a bit heated and I had to really laugh when she said she didn't even LIKE my patterns and I was to stop harassing her or she'd report me to Etsy!!!! The pattern has now been removed but if it hadn't I would've taken further action - in fact I'd already contacted somebody about it who knows how to handle those situations. There's also a whole book up there on her blog which is still under copyright.
So, what I want to know is why you'd steal something you don't like?
Answers on a tatting shuttle (or make a comment!!) to me, please!!!