Is this legal/allowed?
#1
Is this legal/allowed?
Someone was asking this week about a pattern called Picket Fence and a link was posted to one like this on ebay:
http://tinyurl.com/pjz7fot
I love it but this seller is apparently cutting out patterns from quilt magazines and selling them individually on ebay. Is that legal.....or even allowed?
http://tinyurl.com/pjz7fot
I love it but this seller is apparently cutting out patterns from quilt magazines and selling them individually on ebay. Is that legal.....or even allowed?
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I don't know for sure, but as long as the copyright information isn't removed (it seems to be intact) and s/he isn't making additional copies of the pattern beyond the number of magazines s/he bought, I would think it's okay. I agree with mike'sgirl that I would assume it's the same as reselling the entire magazine. Of course, if you're planning to do that & want to be sure, the best way to know is to contact an attorney in your state.
#9
I could be wrong but I believe that eBay does not allow individual magazine pages to be sold. As far as I know you can sell the whole magazine but not tear it up and sell the pages separately.
ETA: I do remember there being a big fuss about this, ummmm .... maybe 5 years ago.
ETA: I do remember there being a big fuss about this, ummmm .... maybe 5 years ago.
Last edited by Sync; 09-26-2015 at 01:44 PM.
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