Whiptips – copyright – what do I do if someone steals my design?

Posted October 29th, 2006 by kath_red

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Susan from joybucket writes in asking what to do when you think someone is ripping off your designs.

I have recently discovered an Etsy shop that is selling (much to my horror) ripoffs of my work. I have my work under “Creative Commons – Some Rights Reserved” and the button is clearly posted on my blog. I have emailed the owner with a copy of the Creative Commons and I’ve emailed Etsy. What else should I do?

I think that Susan may have answered her own question – she has since posted a notice on her blog after consultation with the US copyright office.

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One Comment on “Whiptips – copyright – what do I do if someone steals my design?”

  1. emily Says:
    October 30th, 2006 at 5:16 am

    A really good resource is at the duke university on copyrights…it’s in a cool comic book form:

    http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/zoomcomic.html

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