Poll - Do You Make Working Copies?
Monday May 5, 2008
Since my eyes aren't what they used to be, I try to make my favorite pastime easier. When I purchase a new pattern, I immediately take it to Kinkos to have it enlarged. This serves two purposes. One, I can see the symbols and two, I can use my many highlighters to help me keep track of where I am!
I do not know how to use these high tech copy machines so, I always ask for help. I have been doing this for many years now. Last time I went to ask for help to make a copy, the sales clerk refused. He said that I was breaking copyright laws. I told him that it was my understanding that I could make one copy,of a pattern I had purchased, if it was for my own use. I told him that I wasn't going to sell it. He refused to help me because I was breaking the law!
Please let me know if I've been doing something wrong. How does everyone else enlarge their patterns?
Do you make working copies of your patterns? What are your thoughts about them? Vote in the poll to let us know if you use copies of your patterns. Use the comments section below or add a comment in the Forum to let us know your opinion about making copies.
What do I think? Most designers don't mind if you make a working copy of a pattern, and neither do I, but it is not acceptable to make copies of patterns to share with others.
Comments
i go to office max or depot and have 2 copies made because i also use highlighters. i’ve never had a problem having copies made. my corner quick pick also has a copier and they are glad to help make copies. and you are not breaking any laws to have 1 copy made. 2 is but being wheelchair bound and not being able to drive i make 2 in case i spill something on a copy and the ink runs. hope this helps.
I use my own scanner and printer to make a single enlarged copy which is easier to see and I use a highlighter to mark the stitches I have done as I go along
Just to put a little perspective on where Kinko’s is coming from:
I work for a publisher, and the entire publishing industry recently had a big lawsuit with Kinko’s over copying textbooks for students — obviously a major infringement of all of our copyrights. That may explain why the clerk was being so literal in his refusal to make even one copy — I believe Kinko’s had to pay major damages over this, and probably sent out edicts to not copy anything that was copyrighted, without clarifying the exception these types of copies.