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General Category => Ask Steve a question. => Topic started by: jscott2 on July 18, 2012, 12:21:28 pm

Title: Copyright question
Post by: jscott2 on July 18, 2012, 12:21:28 pm

Not sure if this is the best place to post this.  It follows from Steve's concern about infringing on copyright.

I downloaded a jpg of a farm tractor from the Internet.  It was not stated to be royalty-free so I presume it is copyrighted.  I took the image and made a line drawing for a scroll saw pattern.  In my pattern, there are no identifiers such as a name or model number and I doubt that even the manufacturer could could state that the tractor was "his".

I know (or at least am pretty sure) that I can make a cutting from the pattern for my own use but would it be OK to post this pattern to the web site, without identifying the tractor make or model?  

Thanks,
Jim

Title: Re: Copyright question
Post by: Mainewoods on July 18, 2012, 09:54:14 pm

Jim, if there are no trademark infringements (i.e. brand names) and YOU created the pattern, then there should be no problem with sharing it here. 

Title: Re: Copyright question
Post by: jscott2 on July 25, 2012, 09:47:04 am

Mainewoods, that's about what I thought but wanted to avoid Steve getting a letter from the lawyers.

Thanks,
Jim