Thread: Copyright - The Rest of he Story (at least for now)

This recently posted regarding the fabric/book/designer story. Read all these references.


http://carolinapatchworks.com/blog/2...eresting-read/

http://carolinapatchworks.com/blog/2...eresting-read/

http://katespaindesigns.blogspot.com...l#comment-form

http://carolinapatchworks.com/blog/2...-to-the-story/

Spent last couple of hours reading this.....interesting read!

Thanks for the links, they were very interesting but sad. I make a point to not buy fabric or designs of someone who sues or threatens to sue. I just don't like conflict and avoid it if possible.

Read this with interest as I am seeing more patterns that state the items made from the pattern cannot be sold and are for personal use only. It is a shame that this happened, both for the fabric designer and the others involved.

When I see that on a pattern I just put it back. I also read the selvages and when they have lots of what you can't do with the fabric I don't buy it. There are plenty of fabrics and patterns that do not curtail your use of them.

mltquilt

Originally Posted by mltquilt

Read this with interest as I am seeing more patterns that state the items made from the pattern cannot be sold and are for personal use only. It is a shame that this happened, both for the fabric designer and the others involved.

When I see that on a pattern I just put it back. I also read the selvages and when they have lots of what you can't do with the fabric I don't buy it. There are plenty of fabrics and patterns that do not curtail your use of them.

mltquilt

but did you know that has existed on all the store bought patterns IE: McCalls, Simplicity, etc since the dawn of time? With the event of ONLINE sales, it just brought the terms to the front light...it was OK if you made a few items to sell at the Church Bazaar, or scout fund raiser, but now people are selling in mass online and that changes things greatly!

Originally Posted by jaciqltznok

but did you know that has existed on all the store bought patterns IE: McCalls, Simplicity, etc since the dawn of time? With the event of ONLINE sales, it just brought the terms to the front light...it was OK if you made a few items to sell at the Church Bazaar, or scout fund raiser, but now people are selling in mass online and that changes things greatly!

It's true that some have releases for fund raisers, but I agree now that people are doing cottage industries and selling them en masse online, rather than their own designs. I have even seen them on pantographs - where there are limits on how many times you can use a given pattern.

Thanks for sharing this information. will be careful to read selvages closely.

I read this with interest for hours. I want to design patterns to sell on my friend's website. Can I do that? Can I photograph an item I made using my patterns but someone else's design? What if I have say an Ohio star block in my pattern? If you ask me, (You did ask, didn't you?) the only people to benefit from this silliness are the attorneys. Others will put the book/pattern back on the shelf or not buy the designer's fabric.