Would it be an original or a copy!!!....

[dynax]

I have been thinking about my next project, and i have come up with a design using the same shell intarsia, but my question is, would my finished work be classed as an original or a copy, like my first intarsia attempt, the designs are free for anyone to use, but with the way mine was presented, would that be classed as original or not, i have seen a few that other people have done from the same design, but nothing like what i have done ( if that makes sense), i'm wanting to make one off designs using available templates, but would i be able to call them originals, for example, if i had cat template and a dog template, as seperate items they would be just copys, but if they were put together in one design would that make it an original, any clarification would be great, cheers,

 

[loftyhermes]

In my opinion they would be originals. But then what's to say that someone somewhere hasn't already done it, you've just not known about it
happy scrolling
Steve

 

[CHJ]

Surely if you are using existing templates that are available in the public domain then items made from them are Design Copies regardless of how they are displayed.

An original presentation maybe, in as much as a collage made of existing objects forming a new work is, the test would be if you intend to market them, do the existing designs perform a significant part of the finished object? is it obvious the design of the components is down to someone else, are the designs in the public domain for personal use only ?

Original Works, based on designs by...I'd say Yes, claiming them as Original Designs without acknowledgement ?

Just my thoughts, I guess it all comes down to fair use and whether other designers might object if they see their designs sold as original designs if they form a significant selling factor.

 

[Walney Col]

I don't even charge for my plans or patterns but I'd still be mightily ticked off if I saw something advertised as someone else's "original" just because they'd stuck a copy of one of my designs adjacent to a copy of another of my (or anybody else's) other designs.

 

[Inoffthered]

Unless it is your own design, referring to anything produced from a pattern that is in the public domain as "original" is a risk.

Why not just say it is "hand crafted" and promote that aspect?

 

[ChrisR]

If it was me, I would not be concerned, life’s too short.
After all, it is your own original work.

Chris.

 

[dynax]

Thanks for the replies, it's interesting to see the diversity of a subject like this, i am using patterns that are in the public domain and are free to use, however i would not pass off my work as completely original unless it was from the design i made myself, i have a huge respect of others intillectual property, i have had infringments of my own stuff in the past so i do have empathy when others have had the same done, i was just after a better understanding of where i would stand in protecting the finished product as a whole, this is an example of what i mean, the company TVR, made sports cars, but most of the parts were supplied by different manufacturers, but the finished product is known and marketed as a TVR, irrespective of who made and supplied the parts, cheers,

 

[bugbear]

Thanks for the replies, it's interesting to see the diversity of a subject like this, i am using patterns that are in the public domain and are free to use, however i would not pass off my work as completely original unless it was from the design i made myself, i have a huge respect of others intillectual property, i have had infringments of my own stuff in the past so i do have empathy when others have had the same done, i was just after a better understanding of where i would stand in protecting the finished product as a whole, this is an example of what i mean, the company TVR, made sports cars, but most of the parts were supplied by different manufacturers, but the finished product is known and marketed as a TVR, irrespective of who made and supplied the parts, cheers,

Indeed. But the carburettor is still by Weber, and the Speedo by Smiths, and the seats by Recaro (or whoever), all of whom retain their IP rights.

BugBear