Originally Posted by Moonpi
One thing I see happening that bothers me is people claiming copy rights on old patterns. One in particular is the mock cathedral window, which I learned in the 70s, now being renamed and claimed as "owned" by several different individuals.
This bothers me too, Moonpi. And I have done a lot of thinking about this one. Here is what I have decided about that...
The designs of these old blocks that are in the public domain are just that, in the public domain. I can draft my own version of the design or even new techniques in construction and publish a pattern.. That pattern or instruction sheet is my work.. that is what is copyrighted, not the block or technique
And people who take the original content and try to copyright it, I do not believe is legal.. I have seen that too.. but I will have to do some more checking on that,, it is like republishing the a literary work that is in the public domain and calling it yours.. not