Scissorcrafts ® Trademark and Copyright © Notification - All Rights Reserved
ScissorCrafts ® WebSites included in this trademark and copyright notification are:
These websites, henceforth referred to as "Paper and ScissorCrafts ® for Children", are protected by international trademark and copyright laws. It is a violation of these laws to reproduce or transmit this material, in whole or in part, in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission of Pkelley Enterprises©
All text, tutorials, instructions graphics, and any other contents of "Paper and ScissorCrafts ® for Children" are copyright © with all rights reserved by PKelley Enterprises.
All content of these websites are registered with the US Copyright Office. Do not make illegal copies of the contents of the "Paper and ScissorCrafts ® for Children" websites.
I actively protect my copyrights and generally I don't even have to leave my house. The Internet doesn't just make it easier for those few dishonest or lazy people to misappropriate copyrighted images it also makes it easier for copyright owners, like me, to locate products created from those stolen images. Invariably someone will post these products for sale or to share via blogs and personal websites and that's where my attorneys come in - believe it. I really like my attorneys - you won't so much.
These images are NOT in the public domain. Permission to use any of this material for commercial purposes of any kind is expressly denied.
Please Contact my attorney, Scott Alan Burroughs, Esq. if you want to work out a royalty agreement for my designs.
Court Case 2:07-cv-00232-JAM-EFB Document 112 Filed 07/25/2008 : Patricia S. Kelley vs Euromarket Designs, Inc. dba Crate and Barrel, Inc.
Decision by the Court. This action came to trial or hearing before the Court. The issues have been tried or heard and a decision has been rendered. Public Judgement and Monetary Award of $150,000.
Products in which the infringed images appeared:
Here are instructions you may appreciate which teach how to make unique snowflake creations using your own art program. Also online Snowflake Generators can help you create pretty good patterns which you could make screen prints from and go from there.
The content of "Paper and ScissorCrafts ® for Children" may not be sold in any form what-so-ever.
If yours is a charitable organization and you are interested in using these images for fund raising purposes you MUST contact us for prior permission and we reserve the right to refuse.
All images are registered with the Library of Congress' Copyright Office. If you choose to use an image without obtaining proper permission, U.S. Copyright Laws allow a number of benefits and remedies available to the artist.
These benefits and remedies include:
In addition, should the offending Internet website belong to Google Adsense program, the url where the copyright infringement occurs will be reported to Google as an Adsense Policy Violation. Google does respond to complaints of copyright infringement!
Educators are granted permission to make multiple printed copies of the documents in "Paper and ScissorCrafts ® for Children" for distribution to students in a public or private educational setting as long as all attribution to copyright and source information is intact on every printed page. Please do not share electronically.
We ask that educators clearly explain to their students that this material is copyrighted and not to be shared electronically.
Published by the Library of Congress to assist teachers - Copyright Flash and Videos for Teachers
Here are some cool Specifications for Frosty the Snowman at the US Patent and Trademark Office, Kids Pages.
www.2learn.ca Digital Images and Copyright
US Copyright Office, Copyright FAQs
Please do not upload images to photo sharing sites such as photobucket.com, photostock.com, so-called "Archive" sites, Blogs and other sites that provide "free" clipart. Doing so places these websites at risk of lawsuit liability.
You are not the author or owner of any of these images and do not have the legal right to share them with anyone.
We have recently been forced to change all image paths due to the amount of illegal image linking directly to our websites.
Be on notice, if you place any image on your website, blog or any other form of electronic transmission without prior permission you will be reported to the DMAC for copyright infringement and subject to prosecution.
All historic images are identified and attributed to the original artist(s) or publisher.
The Cupid angels depicted are derived from Italian Renaissance paintings dating from the 1600's.
Many crosses in Paper Crosses for Children are derived from historically well-known, recognized and traditional cross forms used by Christian organizations throughout the centuries.
Many of the beginning Kirigami/Origami folding craft images scattered among all scissorcraft sites originated from an old 1914-1923 publication entitled "Our Wonder World, A library of knowledge in ten volumes." Publisher was Geo L Shuman & Co.
Some of the designs on the Pysanky egg images are derived from ancient, traditional peasant art, and the Russian eggs are artistic renditions of Imperial Russian Faberge Easter egg designs..
The geometrical paper crop circle patterns are artistic renderings from photographs of actual Crop Circles which have cropped up in various locations around the world over the past 20 or so years - most likely the work of humans, not space aliens.
Some historic snowflake designs on Paper Snowflakes for Children are renditions of centuries old sketches drawn by early snow and ice explorers and scientists.
Because ScissorCrafts ® content is entirely free, ScissorCrafts ® web sites rely upon advertising revenue, however, if you find an ad objectionable or obnoxious, or at worst forwarding to an inappropriate site, please let me know ASAP. I can and do frequently block ads that are inappropriate for children. Send the (http) url when reporting a bad ad.
ScissorCrafts ® sites are designed with style sheets for accessibility and will work with javascripting disabled, except for the javascript games, of course. If you need to use ScissorCrafts ® sites in classroom situations, for example, where advertising would be inappropriate, simply disable the javascript function of your browser.
How to advertise with ScissorCrafts ®.
Pat Kelley
ScissorCrafts ®
PO Box 2231
Fair Oaks, CA 95628-5210
Message Phone: 916-863-6777 (Pacific Time Zone)
