Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Legal / Copyright / Technical question 2Jun 16, 2014 11:54 pm 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Legal / Copyright / Technical question 4Jun 17, 2014 1:02 am 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Legal / Copyright / Technical question 7Jun 17, 2014 9:27 am Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: Legal / Copyright / Technical question 9Jun 17, 2014 11:23 am And here is some official info at the Australian copyright site http://www.copyright.org.au/find-an-ans ... rchitects/ The article you are after is the House Plan Copyright G017.pdf Also http://www.arkitek.org/node/61 According to Australian Copyright Council, “Copyright protects the form or way an idea or information is expressed, not the idea or information itself.” This can be confirmed by referring to Copyright Act 1968, Section 22 “A reference in this Act to the time when, or the period during which, a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work was made shall be read as a reference to the time when, or the period during which, as the case may be, the work was first reduced to writing or to some other material form.” This means that the material “thing” is copyrighted, such as the drawing itself, the ideas can be used by anyone. Also, according to the Australian Copyright Council Information Sheet G58 'Ownership of copyright' (Feb 2006), 1. Unless something is put in writing giving another person copyright, the person who actually writes or draws a drawing owns copyright automatically. 2. Also where a client commissions work, the creator/author owns the copyright, but the client may use the work for the purpose for which it was commissioned, in the case of building, to make the building on the specific site. 3. Also where an architect subcontracts a freelancer and an independent contractor the freelancer or independent contractor has copyright to their own work automatically, unless there is an agreement with that subcontractor giving copyright to the architect. This means that a drawings by a sub-consultant is their own work, which is just, as they also carry liability for their own work. I really should put together a sticky for this subject as it crops up on a regular basis. Stewie You can really use anything you want the main consideration would be how it looks once painted/finished - or the look you want. Cabinetmakers use MDF because its cheap… 2 9963 I would say both styles you have pictured are steel. The lower chord of the first pic would be a massive lump if made using timber considering the size of the rafters. If… 1 6156 1 13128 |