Originally Posted by QuilterInVA
The new issue of McCall's quilting was in my mailbox today and it has a very informative article on copyright law.
A copyright lasts for 70 years AFTER the creators death. You cannot make a quilt and display it at a quilt show, etc. without the creators permission.
Much more. Please read it! Quilters are notarious for breaking the copyright laws.
All true.
The thing is, it's kind of like the slang name for CocaCola, or Coke. Nowadays, in many parts of the world, a carbonated drink is a coke no matter the flavor.
My point being, when the entire quilting world picks up on block patterns for generations like wildfire, it gets to be a moot point who designed it how long ago.
And I feel confident to say that no one on this board would agree to infringeing deliberately, knowingly and on purpose.