Originally Posted by Dodie
I hope I'm not sending this message twice but I think I forgot to hit the send button anyway I wanted to warn you on all magazines as there in an article in the latest McCalls issue Sept.-Oct. pages 54 and 55 it says you cannot put any quilt that you make on display anyplace that is public that means local fair internet anyplace public I did not want to believe it because I felt if I put all the money into pattern and fabric the quilt was mine not so unless you are only making it for your bed I talked to Laura Heine today who is a shop owner, teacher, designer
and has written a cuple books and she said it is true --she said the quilting industry is getting very greedy anyway I don't intend on buying anymore magazines and I will only buy patterns if they say disclaimer on them as I do like the local shows and the fair but I am concerned this may bring an end to all of this
In general, a party has to suffer some kind of damages before they can collect on any kind of lawsuit. I'm hard pressed to know how posting a picture of a quilt you've made on the internet damages the industry. If you're not selling it, but just showing it off to friends, I don't see how their copyright laws apply. Just because a company tells you something like that doesn't mean that they're right or that they have any kind of legal jurisdiction.
I would never knowingly violate any copyright laws, but I'm going to live my life my way and show off my quilts any way I want to. If somebody wants to come after me . . . well, I dare them. I'm not sure where it will get them since I don't own much of value!