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DMCA Vs. The Sewing Underground

Posted by timothy on from the bold-new-law-enforcement dept.

Roundeye writes "So the folks at monsterpatterns.com dumpster-dive to get envelopes containing discontinued sewing patterns and sell the envelopes via their website. The sewing pattern company McCall invoked the DMCA to get the site shut down. Monsterpatterns is now suing to protect their 'fair use rights' to advertise and sell the discarded patterns. You might recall that this isn't the first time the sewing industry has cracked down on bootlegging grandmas and their suppliers."

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  1. I knew it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Damn midwestern grandmothers with their sewing circles. Up to no good! Oughta lock the whole lot of them up. Whole generation's going to hell in a handbasket.

  2. This just goes to show... by johnthorensen · · Score: 5, Funny

    That if you put "DMCA" in it, you automatically have something that will get posted by the editors of Slashdot.

    -JT

  3. Re:The DMCA by JabberWokky · · Score: 5, Funny
    I think this thread has come to an end. We can stop needling McCalls over this issue. I certainly pin my hope on it, else we destroy the fabric of Slashdot's community.

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  4. LEAVE MY GRAMAMA ALONE B*#@&! by rulethirty · · Score: 5, Funny

    If she can find it cheaper on MonsterPatterns.com then maybe she can afford to give me two shiney quarters for cleaning out her gutters!

  5. Re:How is this piracy? by stanmann · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would assume he used his digits(fingers) to open the lid.

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  6. Maybe McCall should take a lesson from Madonna... by mykepredko · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just can't wait for McCall to take their lead from Madonna and put on the Internet some of their own "designs" to help thwart pirating of their intellectual property.

    The whole pattern pirating industry would be shut down in an instant as soon as some grandmother that downloaded a pattern called "Playful Kittens" and spent hours stitching it out, ended up with a pillow that says "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?"

    myke

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  7. Boycott McAll's by BMonger · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yesterday I was at my grandma's and she was downloading some patterns off the internet... I asked her, "Grandma, isn't that illegal?" She shrugged stating, "I wouldn't have bought it anyway. Plus I don't like those top 40 patterns of old ladies with pineapples on their heads. When I stitch I like to stitch indie stuff anyhow which I can't find at the local needlpoint store." I thought it made sense but somehow... I dunno... it seems like I've seen that argument elsewhere... hmmmm...

    Anyhow to all you grandma's that read slashdot out there... don't buy McAll's patterns! Buy from your local neighborhood needlepoint store!