[SCA-AE] Copyright and scrolls

[David Rifenburgh]

Not to be too mundane, but my understanding is that unless a copyright was 
filed, the fees submitted to thepyright office and the scroll marked with a 
copyright mark before it was given, then the copyright was not retained by 
the originator of the scroll.

Dave Rifenburgh
Westland Mor




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Button" <tigranes at nep.net>
To: <discussion at aethelmearc.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 10:53 AM
Subject: [SCA-AE] Copyright and scrolls


> Greetings from Tigranes,
>
> I has been years since I was an active scribe in the Kingdom, but the 
> recent
> thread on scrolls piqued my interest.
>
> When I produced a scroll for an award, I considered it to be a gift.  When 
> I
> give a gift to someone, it belongs to them, and they are entitled to do 
> with
> it whatever pleases them.  For me this goes for any gift, and I extend the
> philosophy to the scrolls I produced.
>
> I realize that copyright law probably says otherwise, but *in my opinion*
> copyright law shouldn't enter into the equation.  (Again, in my opinion), 
> If
> I am offered a scroll assignment from Signet, I understand that my work is
> going to be given with an award, as a gift (the gift part is particularly
> apt, as many have pointed out a scroll is not guaranteed with each award),
> and I should expect no payment or other gain for my services.  If the
> recipient of the scroll decides to scan it, post it on the web, use it as
> wallpaper for a website, or sell, trade, give it away or line the birdcage
> with it, I have not been harmed.  Even if that person uses the image for a
> commercial enterprise that nets millions of dollars, I still have not been
> harmed, since I could have refused the assignment but instead agreed to 
> GIVE
> the product of my work away.  That is the spirit in which I worked when I
> was producing scrolls.
>
> That said, I'll add that award scrolls that I have received are displayed 
> in
> my home with pride and appreciation.  The only copies I have made of any 
> of
> them were to display at demos, so as not to risk damage to the originals.
>
> Please note again that I am expressing my personal opinion.  I know next 
> to
> nothing about copyright law.  I respect the fact that others' opinions may
> differ from mine, and that my opinion is not superior to anyone else's.
>
> Very Sincerely,
> Baron Tigranes of Bezabde
> Endless Hills
>
> GOLD is for the mistress-silver for the maid-
> Copper for the craftsman cunning at his trade."
> "Good!" said the Baron, sitting in his hall,
> "But Iron-Cold Iron-is master of them all."
> ----Rudyard Kipling
>
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