Comments on: open letter to a thief http://www.planetjune.com/blog/open-letter-to-a-thief/ The crafty journal of a crochet pattern designer and multi-crafter with a passion for making cute and realistic animals. See what I've been making lately... Crochet, amigurumi animal designs, punchneedle embroidery, polymer clay, sewing and more! Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:32:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mini http://www.planetjune.com/blog/open-letter-to-a-thief/comment-page-1/#comment-2903 Mini Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:00:01 +0000 http://www.planetjune.com/blog/open-letter-to-a-thief/#comment-2903 Better yet, watermark their name and SNAIL mail address. This should be visible to you from within the paypal order payment screen. I got to thinking email addresses are too easy to change. Snail mail addresses are not. Better yet, watermark their name and SNAIL mail address. This should be visible to you from within the paypal order payment screen. I got to thinking email addresses are too easy to change. Snail mail addresses are not.

]]> By: Mini http://www.planetjune.com/blog/open-letter-to-a-thief/comment-page-1/#comment-2902 Mini Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:44:15 +0000 http://www.planetjune.com/blog/open-letter-to-a-thief/#comment-2902 I'm so sorry this has happened to you. People can really suck sometimes. Another tip is to add the customer's name and email address as a watermark to the PDF file before you deliver it to the customer. Lock down the security for editing (do not allow). It's nearly impossible to hack into the file to remove. That would discourage any would-be thief from posting as everyone would know immediately who the culprit is. You can also password-protect the file so it requires a password each time the file is opened. I'll keep my eye open and let you know if I find any of your patterns posted elsewhere! I’m so sorry this has happened to you. People can really suck sometimes.

Another tip is to add the customer’s name and email address as a watermark to the PDF file before you deliver it to the customer. Lock down the security for editing (do not allow). It’s nearly impossible to hack into the file to remove. That would discourage any would-be thief from posting as everyone would know immediately who the culprit is. You can also password-protect the file so it requires a password each time the file is opened.

I’ll keep my eye open and let you know if I find any of your patterns posted elsewhere!

]]> By: Joel http://www.planetjune.com/blog/open-letter-to-a-thief/comment-page-1/#comment-2674 Joel Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:34:13 +0000 http://www.planetjune.com/blog/open-letter-to-a-thief/#comment-2674 June, when you come across one of your patterns on the web, immediately contact the site's ISP and inform them that their customer is using the servers to districubte stolen information. They will remove the file! As a webmaster (webmistress? it's hard to picture a lady with stuffed bunnies everywhere as a "master") I'm sure you know the difference between a web address and the hosting ISP. Best of luck. I love your patterns, and your site is very helpful. June, when you come across one of your patterns on the web, immediately contact the site’s ISP and inform them that their customer is using the servers to districubte stolen information. They will remove the file!

As a webmaster (webmistress? it’s hard to picture a lady with stuffed bunnies everywhere as a “master”) I’m sure you know the difference between a web address and the hosting ISP.

Best of luck. I love your patterns, and your site is very helpful.

]]> By: Sara Fail http://www.planetjune.com/blog/open-letter-to-a-thief/comment-page-1/#comment-2649 Sara Fail Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:55:09 +0000 http://www.planetjune.com/blog/open-letter-to-a-thief/#comment-2649 I've seen designer's msgs at the bottom of each page that say, if you purchased this from anywhere but (insert your own approved sources here), you bought stolen intellectual property and need to report the seller immediately. Or something like that. I’ve seen designer’s msgs at the bottom of each page that say, if you purchased this from anywhere but (insert your own approved sources here), you bought stolen intellectual property and need to report the seller immediately.

Or something like that.

]]> By: Wibit (Brie) http://www.planetjune.com/blog/open-letter-to-a-thief/comment-page-1/#comment-2638 Wibit (Brie) Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:37:51 +0000 http://www.planetjune.com/blog/open-letter-to-a-thief/#comment-2638 Oh June! I am so gutted for you! I think the best thing would be the background as Lis suggested. I wonder if you could add some sort of statement at the bottom explaining how hard you work on them as a sort of plea to conscience? Oh June! I am so gutted for you! I think the best thing would be the background as Lis suggested. I wonder if you could add some sort of statement at the bottom explaining how hard you work on them as a sort of plea to conscience?

]]> By: Lis http://www.planetjune.com/blog/open-letter-to-a-thief/comment-page-1/#comment-2633 Lis Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:25:58 +0000 http://www.planetjune.com/blog/open-letter-to-a-thief/#comment-2633 Yikes, that's horrible! I feel your pain. It's kind of difficult for us to place watermark on the images, because that kind of disrupt the visibility for the crafters to view the images. I do patterns too, and I know I want people to see it clearly on the pictures. June, what I did though, is to create a background in pdf, with my logo, I also protect the entire document so that they can't edit the wordings, copy the images etc, that way, it's in hope that if they do post the entire pattern up, buyers will see who is the genuine designer. Worth giving it a though eh. Yikes, that’s horrible! I feel your pain.

It’s kind of difficult for us to place watermark on the images, because that kind of disrupt the visibility for the crafters to view the images. I do patterns too, and I know I want people to see it clearly on the pictures.

June, what I did though, is to create a background in pdf, with my logo, I also protect the entire document so that they can’t edit the wordings, copy the images etc, that way, it’s in hope that if they do post the entire pattern up, buyers will see who is the genuine designer.

Worth giving it a though eh.

]]> By: Anne http://www.planetjune.com/blog/open-letter-to-a-thief/comment-page-1/#comment-2621 Anne Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:42:23 +0000 http://www.planetjune.com/blog/open-letter-to-a-thief/#comment-2621 I am really sorry this dreadful person has done this to you. Unfortunately there are some people out there with no conscience at all. The only thing I can suggest is to put your name as a watermark all over your pages. I am really sorry this dreadful person has done this to you. Unfortunately there are some people out there with no conscience at all.

The only thing I can suggest is to put your name as a watermark all over your pages.

]]> By: Cristina http://www.planetjune.com/blog/open-letter-to-a-thief/comment-page-1/#comment-2620 Cristina Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:10:53 +0000 http://www.planetjune.com/blog/open-letter-to-a-thief/#comment-2620 I'm sorry about wath happen to you June. That is really a big messy thing, i don't know about those laws, so i really can't help you there. I’m sorry about wath happen to you June. That is really a big messy thing, i don’t know about those laws, so i really can’t help you there.

]]> By: Kari http://www.planetjune.com/blog/open-letter-to-a-thief/comment-page-1/#comment-2617 Kari Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:07:52 +0000 http://www.planetjune.com/blog/open-letter-to-a-thief/#comment-2617 I don't know about Canada's copyright laws, but you should definitely do some reading. If it was me, I'd start with a cease and desist letter, and then if they don't stop, I could persue them legally in a civil court case (but lawyers are so fricken expensive!) Oy, I'm really sorry this happened to you, it really sucks! I don’t know about Canada’s copyright laws, but you should definitely do some reading. If it was me, I’d start with a cease and desist letter, and then if they don’t stop, I could persue them legally in a civil court case (but lawyers are so fricken expensive!) Oy, I’m really sorry this happened to you, it really sucks!

]]> By: Kari http://www.planetjune.com/blog/open-letter-to-a-thief/comment-page-1/#comment-2616 Kari Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:04:18 +0000 http://www.planetjune.com/blog/open-letter-to-a-thief/#comment-2616 Oh my god..... this is HORRIBLE, June! I can't believe someone would cheat you out of all of the hard work you've put into your patterns! Ugh, I hate how this happens all of the time, and there's barely any recourse - or at least no set road for those to take who've been cheated. Wouldn't it be nice if you had some authority to report such intellectual theft to? Where's the pattern police when you need them? LOL Oh my god….. this is HORRIBLE, June! I can’t believe someone would cheat you out of all of the hard work you’ve put into your patterns! Ugh, I hate how this happens all of the time, and there’s barely any recourse – or at least no set road for those to take who’ve been cheated. Wouldn’t it be nice if you had some authority to report such intellectual theft to?

Where’s the pattern police when you need them? LOL

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