READ: Urban (Stolen?) Threads Expose
Get over to Dinosaurs and Robots today and check out the newest alleged attack on Sublime Stitching by person/group called Urban Threads.
My first exposure to Jenny Hart and Sublime Stitching was actually in an article about copyright infringement. It was about a group of artists who had either sent their designs to large companies for production only to be rejected and then see very similar versions of their designs in mass production or artists who were starting to gain independemt popularity and had the same thing happen.
If these new allegations of infringement are true, this case is even worse than what Jenny Hart has faced in the past. According to Dinosaurs and Robots, the company Urban Threads is presenting itself as the work of an independent artist named Niamh O’Connor active in indie craft forums when, in fact, it is owned and operated by a large company called Embroidery Library Inc.
I don’t have have all of the facts, but the circumstantial evidence still makes me queasy.
Copyright infringement cases ultimately come down to whether the artist has the time and money to fight. So I’m doing what Dinosaurs and Robots did, and I’m buying some of Jenny’s designs. I grabbed an Ultimate Embroidery Kit for $30.00.
Read about the situation at Dinosaurs and Robots
Buy something from Sublime Stitching
Here is the other side of the story before you jump to any conclusions.
The President of Embroidery Library- http://www.urbanthreads.com/content/view/327/
And Urban Threads response – http://www.urbanthreads.com/content/view/326/
Please take the time to read our response to this issue. You can find it here. We’re not some sort of evil corporation, and both sides of the story need to be heard.
Thanks for the info. I read over all three letters and have posted my thoughts on the situation today on the blog. They are not very favorable for either side.
A simple and intelilnegt point, well made. Thanks!