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Riddick/Imageline Letter Forum / Re: Embroidery Industry Consumer Alert - We listened!
« on: April 03, 2009, 01:35:11 AM »
6. Printables
I found this interesting, and so researched this claim. I only found one company selling "printables", which are grahics to print and then iron on to a project. The graphics look like digitized embroidery designs when printed.
As a digitizer, I do find it objectionable that a design site would also sell ANY type of graphic if the digitized designs are also being sold. However, I can see that there is a reason for doing so. Many people would love to use the designs, but don't have machine embroidery capabilities. Or, a hand-embroiderer may want to do these projects by hand. Having a design template to work from is what a lot of them look for, including from us digitizers.
The question that remains, is if Mr. Riddick is claiming that the original graphics for these "printables" also belong to him/Imageline. If he is not making this claim, then I'm not sure what his problem is. If the original clipart developer has granted permission for this end use, and we have no proof that they haven't, then there is no problem.
I found this interesting, and so researched this claim. I only found one company selling "printables", which are grahics to print and then iron on to a project. The graphics look like digitized embroidery designs when printed.
As a digitizer, I do find it objectionable that a design site would also sell ANY type of graphic if the digitized designs are also being sold. However, I can see that there is a reason for doing so. Many people would love to use the designs, but don't have machine embroidery capabilities. Or, a hand-embroiderer may want to do these projects by hand. Having a design template to work from is what a lot of them look for, including from us digitizers.
The question that remains, is if Mr. Riddick is claiming that the original graphics for these "printables" also belong to him/Imageline. If he is not making this claim, then I'm not sure what his problem is. If the original clipart developer has granted permission for this end use, and we have no proof that they haven't, then there is no problem.