Woops...
You are correct; I did leave out a bit! I should have added, as long as you buy a copyrighted pattern or instructions if you intend to make a copyrighted quilt without any modifications, you don't claim it is your original pattern, and you don't resell it, you have nothing to worry about as far as breaking copyright laws.
Sorry, I was adding to my previous comments and didn't clarify my statement.
The laws are there to try to prevent someone from profiting through claiming someone else's copyrighted work as their own and selling it to make a profit.
If you do break the copyright law, the owner of the copyright has the option to sue you for damages or not.
Yes, copyright laws are all about the money.
My concern here is for those quilters who express so much concern about copyrights that they forget why we quilt. A focus on copyright is a good thing; we are clarifying our knowledge of the law.
However, we shouldn't allow this focus to frighten us or to take us far away from the love of quilting, the love of sharing quilting ideas and techniques, and the close bonds that quilters make with each other.
So....now, let's quilt!
Originally Posted by PatriceJ
that may be a
convenient philosophy, but it is not entirely true.
Originally Posted by walen
If you aren't making a living by designing and selling patterns or quilts, then you do not have anything to worry about as far as breaking copyright laws.
So...let's quilt!