Originally Posted by thequiltladies
As some one who designs patterns, you MUST have permission to sell items from books, patterns, etc. The patterns in the books are for your own personal use, not for resale. This goes for quilt guilds too, just because one person purchases the pattern, they cannot put the pattern in a newsletter without permission. Please, remember it's just like copying a DVD or CD, it's stealing. I DO make my payments from my designs and I need each sale.
Copying your pattern into a newspaper is one thing. Selling a quilt you made from the pattern is another thing. I don't think you can equate the two.
If you make money selling the patterns, I'd be listening to what people here are grouching over. I'd also take a look at other industries who try to restrict the sale of electronic stuff. The music industry is feeling the bite of this from discontented listeners. The book industry is getting it as well.