Hand made riveting jig

Jewelry Discussion
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If the author doesnt want the to be available for all
and sundry to read, then he shouldnt publish it.

Once again, I urge you to at least minimally educate yourself about
copyright. The published material is available to read, but NOT to
distribute copies. Also, you seem to be confusing using the
article to make a jig with copying the article. The former is legal
and intended by the copyright holder, the latter is not.

Al Balmer

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In the US everything published before 1923 is in the public domain.
Also works published before 1964 for which copyright was not renewed
at the expiry of their 28 year term are also in the public domain.

Elliot Nesterman

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Once again, I urge you to at least minimally educate yourself
about copyright. The published material is available to read, but
NOT to distribute copies. Also, you seem to be confusing *using*
the article to make a jig with copying the article. The former is
legal and intended by the copyright holder, the latter is not.

Hi Al, I agree with everything you have said.

If I had made myself clearer this misunderstanding would not have
happened.

Thanks for clearing it up.

Im over here on this side of the pond and your on the other side.

However our rules are similar in the EEC, and UK.

I have had a no of occasions over the years to ask to use designs
created by others.

Recently The Thorwaldsen museum have given me the blessing to
reproduce the Night and Day plaques that Thorwaldsen made in Italy in
1830.

In the mid 1990’s I had a 6 week contract to restore and comission
the old jewellery machinery in the Birmingham UK jewelley quarter
museum.

Whilst there I needed some drop stamp parts (Hazelwood & Dent circa
1890!)and found a workshop that was closing down.

They Had the spares I needed and lots of other tools etc, most
importantly tho were the dies and press tools. I bought the lot.

Amongst which was a key fob die from the motor maker in Stuttgart.
No less than Mercedes. Made by the owners father in the 1930’s On my
return home I contacted their UK head office to put them in the
picture, saying I was working regularly in Germany and would like to
use this die to make some cuff links and buttons etc.

Well, That opened a can of worms, the out come was that their legal
dept put in writing the following.

Mercedes do not permit any commercial reproduction of their symbol.

So being the devious person I am, I replied that my work would not
be commercial as I would give it away.

I didnt add that I would charge for the packaging.

also i said i would run of a hundred in aluminium and put these in
the corners of my display cases.

Any little German boy who spotted them would have one for free.

They liked this idea, as I mentioned that when they grow up they
would be Mecedes buyers.

So a good outcome for all.

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In the US everything published before 1923 is in the public
domain. Also works published before 1964 for which copyright was
not renewed at the expiry of their 28 year term are also in the
public domain.

With the added warning of authors death plus 50 years.

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Just to add to the publication comments, I have been fortunate to
have several articles published in magazines over the years and have
yet to receive any payment in the form of residuals. Only an outright
payment.

Although it is possible to sell the publishing of an article and
still retain ownership of said article. A book, yes; a magazine,
rarely, in my experience. And I hope more authors turn to digital
publishing in the future on their own for their articles.

Barbara

46

In the US the term of copyright was extended by the Copyright Term
Extension Act of 1998. The term of copyright in the US is now life
of the author plus 70 years; for works for hire, 95 years from first
publication or 120 years from creation, whichever is shorter.

Works that had already come into the public domain before the
passage of this act were not brought back into copyright. Thus
anything published before 1923 and unrenewed works published from
1923-64 remain in the public domain.

In other Berne Convention countries the term of copyright is
generally life of the author plus 50 years. How retroactive copyright
was handled upon passage of certain laws varies from nation to
nation.

Here’s a good chart in Wikipedia with the term limits of copyright
for various nations.

http://www.ganoksin.com/gnkurl/ep80fc

Elliot Nesterman

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Hi

all this discussion about copyright is very interesting and to the
point about articles.

I don’t understand why all these people asked for a copy of the
article.

I googled (images) hand made riveting jig and found the article and
a lot more riveting jigs as well.

You can’t copyright an idea that has been around for years, specific
making instructions yes.

But as jewellers we just need to see a number of versions of an idea
to be able to make one. Up to a point depending on one’s skill level.
I will never be able to make Leonid’s eternity ring, but I would like
to.

So those of you who want to make a riveting jig google it and take
your choice, it is that easy.

Richard