Crafter in trouble with the Beeb
Dr Who fan in knitted puppet row:
“This lady, with the best will in the world, wanted to share with friends, family and fans.
“But there were some unscrupulous people taking these patterns and using them on eBay to make profit for themselves. Unfortunately, we had to get to the source of the patterns - and that was her website.”
Um, how about prosecuting the offenders on eBay, then letting her know that her pattern was being abused and advising her to make her licence terms extremely clear?
On a related note, Web users back code for bloggers:
Three quarters of web users who have posted comment on blogs and news sites were oblivious to libel law, said the report, even though the person posting the comment, rather than the host site, would be liable for any offence.
I’m sure it won’t stop those anonymous commenters from trolling and posting death threats, though. Also, where would it apply? Is this libel law global? If it isn’t, what if the site is hosted in one country, with the blogger posting in another, and the commenter posting in yet another?
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