Meet the Dublin woman who is preparing for another term of tea cosy orders. pic.twitter.com/uza6Mo9TnF
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) November 10, 2018
Reg writes:
Good luck to this woman (above) but thanks should go to knitter Virginia Costello, who was responsible for the first Michael Tea Cosy, as featured in Broadsheet back in 2012 (top). Virginia did it for fun, the love of knitting and saw no reason to copyright it. Credit where it’s due.
In fairness.
Pot Look: Orders for Michael Tea Higgins cosies pour in (RTÉ)
Previously: Win Your Own Michael Tea Cosy (February 2012
Michael Tea Cosy Knitting Pattern Update (March, 2012)
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There is no such thing in Ireland as “copyrighting” something. Copyright exists at the moment of creation. If the tea cosy is covered by copyright law then Virginia Costello can take action if she wishes to.
What we need here is Legal Tea Drinker.
I am not a copyright lawyer but I’m fairly sure you can’t copyright the idea of a miggledy tea cosy, just as you cannot copyright clothing designs (but you can trademark a logo).
You might be able to copyright the specific pattern but you cannot prevent people from coming up with their own pattern.
Again, you can’t copyright anything. Copyright exists or doesn’t.
Trademarks are different as are patents and design patents.
It looks like a scary Hallowe’en decoration.
Ireland was a copyright haven at the dawn of the printing press, ( well by the time it reached England) great for the printed word in Ireland which after a shakey start with Elizabeth’s attempt to introduce the book of common prayer ( she even tried a version in Irish) Print took off like wild fire thanks to the non existent copyright.
This tea cozy and fancy nail art seem like harmless fun, but at the end of the day its a personality cult around a snake politician and business man who is making out like a bandit. He was the best of a bad bunch twice now, but it was a really bad bunch so that’s not saying much. The office exists. The least worst man is in the position as a powerless figurehead , fine, , But this bottom kissing has to stop.
Is there a Peter Cosey in the offing?
did you see her wan who did the poldark figures?
No.
Graham Norton