One of our moderators has informed us of something that happened to him while selling at a market sale.

He had a person hanging around his booth 'admiring' his work amd approached him about purchasing a 'Pattern book' of patterns that were recognized as someone else's patterns. They were blown up and while they were of poor quality, they could have been cleaned up and made useable.

This past weekend, the same person showed up with a camera to take pics of the art in his booth to make patterns from the pics he took. 

While we can't stop people from buying the work and making patterns, we are informing our members that those who do not buy or who aren't interested in buying should not be allowed to take a pictures of your work. 

I don't know if the various shows/markets allow picture taking or if you are allowed to prevent people from taking pictures of your work- but you should be aware that this is happening and maybe take steps to prevent it.

Any ideas?

 

Tom(tas2181)