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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. Re:Bad for Karma, but I'm on McCall's side... by wizardmax · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I agree with that, but DMCA is not the law to use for this.

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    Free speech is getting expensive...
  2. Hell's Grannys!! by harley_frog · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Voice Over: This is a frightened city. Over these houses, over these streets hangs a pall of fear. Fear of a new kind of violence which is terrorizing the city. Yes, gangs of old ladies attacking defenceless fit young men.

    First Young Man: Well they come up to you, like, and push you - shove you off the pavement, like. There's usually four or five of them.

    Second Young Man: Yeah, this used to be a nice neighbourhood before the old ladies started moving in. Nowadays some of us daren't even go down to the shops. '

    Third Young Man: Well Mr Johnson's son Kevin, he don't go out any more. He comes back from wrestling and locks himself in his room.

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    It's all fun and games until someone loses the key to the handcuffs.
  3. Re:How is this piracy? by HardCase · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Even in paperback books with the covers ripped off, the language warning against stripped books doesn't mention copyright liability. Here's the language used by one publisher:
    The sale of this book without its cover is unauthorized. If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that it was reported to the publisher as "unsold and destroyed." Neither the author nor the publisher has received payment for the sale of this "stripped book."