Originally Posted by martha jo
Why don't we all just quit buying mags and patterns.
Well, I can answer that for myself at least. I don't see any reason to. They broaden my horizons, I learn tons even if I don't make the quilts inside, and I enjoy them! The things that seem to be annoying so many people on this board don't annoy me at all. I feel like this has become one giant game of telephone - with a lot of assumptions being made that just aren't true. Several people have very clearly and succinctly summarized copyright law for us, and yet the misinformation persists. I, for one, am not going to blame McCall's quilting, Quilter's Home, Fons and Porter, or any designer, for a copyright law that was written by a bunch of politicians in Washington, D.C., and I'm happy to credit and even ask permission of a designer to show his or her quilt if I thought enough of his or her design to make a copy of it.