Sometimes, I wish we could have kept the mindset of less regulation and just commonsense decency. The world has changed! I am still confused after reading all these posts as to what is really legal. I think it makes sense that if I design a pattern for a whole quilt which is unique (whether or not the block design is entirely my own), and I go to the trouble and expense of making up and printing the pattern with directions and accurate measurements, I should be able to protect my investment in the actual pattern; no one else should be able to copy the pattern instructions and then sell them. But once I make the item from the pattern, I think it should be mine to do with as I wish. It's very unlikely that I could copy exactly the very same product from that pattern. What will we do when every recipe is copyrighted?