Corky

Just about every published quilt pattern has that same statement.

There is much disscussion about being able to even show quilts in quilt shows without author and publisher permission.

Every time we show pics of our quilts made from a purchased pattern to a large group we are disobeying copyright laws

What should we do? Stop showing our quilts or change the laws? IMHO: I think it is absolutely ludicrous to think that we cannot share our creations. I think that once we buy the pattern we should be able to use it and show it as our own work while naming the pattern and author or magazine. Asking permission doesn't make sense.

Selling it might be another matter and one I am not interested in because I don't sell my quilts. However, if/when my hubby makes a birdhouse or step stool or anything using a commercial pattern, he does not have to ask permission to show it or to sell it. Why should quilts be any different?

I do agree that if we copy a quilt, we should give credit to the person who inspired the quilt, and ask permission, but if we bought a commercially presented pattern and make it ourselves, I believe that the seller has profited from their work and will always be the author of that pattern and so they have reaped the rewards. No further 'permission' should be required.

If we need to continue to ask permission from the author of the pattern and the publisher of the magazine, then what is the point of purchasing it?

Interesting issue and one that many quilters are not aware of.