I think the whole copyright issue has been taken way beyond what it was meant for. If someone uses it to mass produce an item, of course that would not be right. However an example of just plain selfishness is when I called Debbie Field (Granola Girl) and asked if I could sell 1 item made from a pattern in her book. She was as rude as could be and said "absolutely not!" Guess what, I will not be buying any of her books or patterns and neither will my friends.