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Using books for patterns
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Posted by MyST on September 25, 1999 at 23:27:08:
I am curious as to what my fellow mehndi artists take on this is. If you were to purchase books such as Loretta Roome's, Sumita Batra's, Catherine's and such...and you used these designs when giving Mehndi to your customers (because we all know how customers can be, they see a book and they go bonkers for the gorgeous designs and they want to look JUST like the models in the book) are you infringing upon any Copyrighting issues????? My take on the whole thing is if my customers at festivals or in the salon like something in a book and want me to replicate it, I will. Every design I do is my perception of what the design is, it's not a carbon copy...I'm good, but I'm not a computer for God's sake. I just recently had this conversation with a fellow henna artist (supposedly) who thinks I am less talented because I have pictures on my website of designs "INSPIRED" by many of the books I have purchased over the years. This happens ALL the time, when I'm cruising around looking through different henna art galleries, and I know my patterns, but I don't think less of the artists because the patterns were from a book.. I am really interested to know what you guys think. I respect your opions, and I'd love for you to check out my site and see if it's done in good taste. I think it is.......... :) Thanks, MyST http://mehndimy
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