Originally Posted by Kitsie
Having been published or displayed are such things not part of the "public domain"? However, I did make sure that a pattern I passed on was no longer being sold or was available elsewhere.
But, yeah, eg: a library book - I have scanned a pattern from a few.
No, just because it's been published or displayed does not in any way make it "public domain."
The "rights to the copy" known as copyright are for the life of the creator PLUS 72 years.
Just because it's "out of print" doesn't make it "public domain" either.