Plagiarism of The Art of Kiltmaking

[andyfg]

Just seen this thread. Looks like a good and speedy outcome. The power of Xmarks!

[Ethan Evans-Hilton]

Greetings! I am a newbie here on the boards however I used to own a copy of your lovely book until my German Shepherd and My Siberian Husky decided a game of tug o’ war was in order. Teach me to leave my valuables laying about. At any rate my sympathies. It’s a fantastic book. I even tried signing up for a class here in Denver but had to cancel due to a business trip. I have left my own comments as well. I hope this so and so gets what’s owed him!

[Woodsheal]

We are X-Marks. Resistance is futile...!

[Rex_Tremende]

Wow. A lot can happen in a day.

Glad to see that it's starting to work itself out.

Regards,
Rex.

[pdcorlis]

All's well that ends well - I hope Barb is made whole before this experience is over...

[tulloch]

Barb, you may have seen from his bio that he has competed at Loon. He really should know better. You could contact Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord - they may have students who might seek damages for you. They specialize in intellectual property. What a shock. At least a 'cease & desist' letter should be sent. Good luck. PM me if you have any questions about this.

[Raphael]

Interesting. I am glad that to see that website had done something about it.

When I went to the 'artist's' website and I saw something that pisses me off. One of his oil painting was titled Tokyo Double Decker Bus and I am sure that the image is not from Japan. In fact, that is a Hong Kong Double Decker Bus and I know that neighbourhood because my junior high school is near there.

What a scam artist.

(I hope that I am making sense because my head is spinning. I am not feeling well a this moment, but I have to rant about this guy)

[BagpiperDon]

If he is an artist, then he certainly knows copyright law, or at least should. Every student is taught how the law protects his or her own work.

I've run into a contingent that doesn't know a thing about copyright law, and proceed to fly in the face there-of and just make-up what they feel to be right. I've run into this quite a bit with piping -- the famous sort of line being "Oh, so&so wrote that 10 years ago, it was hugely popular and was played tons of times -- (therefore) its in the public domain." Take for example Flower Of Scotland -- unless The Corries have put that into the public domain prematurely, it still belongs to them &/or whoever the copyright ownership gets handed down to. Could make things interesting in royalties (no pun intended) if it were seriously considered to become the national anthem of Scotland -- personally tho, if I wrote a song/tune that was to officially become a national anthem, I'd be honored to give it up.

There's a tune I'd like to record -- a standard actually that I've even seen on other albums marked as "Traditional" however I know that the composer is nearly 70 years deceased*. I like the tune, I'd wanted to record it, I've lost track but I know the composer is w/in his last 12yrs before its everyones' ... yeah, I am actually kind of counting down the years. But for now, despite how much its been played over the last 6-whatever decades ... not traditional, not in the public domain.

(*For those unfamiliar, this is not some macabre intel I have, its copyright law covering when tunes go from being owned by someone & whoever they handed their copyright down to, and enters 'traditional' status AKA the public domain.)

[Atlanta Kiltie]

I am just now reading this and I want to say how proud I am to belong to such a great kilted clan. I will even more proudly wear my artificial dandelion.

[Paul]

I hate copyright infringers. I've experienced it a couple of times in the past with my music... people blatently SELLING pieces of my work in their own pieces - back in the days when I even offered very cheap liscnencing for my instrumentals!